Articles with tag: Budget

Watching Poverty Grow

Rashid Malik Jun 19, 2009 interacts: 185

The whole city of Karachi was without power for longer than 24 hours. Load-shedding of electricity for a few hours daily is the norm, all over the country, but consumers will see a minimum raise of one thousand rupees on their monthly bills.

Pakistan Budget 2009-10

Bilal Sarwari Jun 11, 2009 interacts: 2

Fiscal deficit is expected to be 4.3 percent of GDP-down from 7.4 percent and the current account deficit is likely to be 5.3 percent of GDP–down from 8.4 percent last year.

Size Matters

Shakir Husain Dec 22, 2005 interacts: 21

The more interesting questions will be as to who will get the contracts to construct the new military complex? Who will get the contracts for the interiors? How much money will be spent?

Enigma of the Defence Budget

Sherry Rehman Jun 29, 2005 interacts: 67

Despite defence absorbing more than a quarter of the national wealth, the subject, unlike debt servicing, has become inured from public debate and exempt from any parliamentary accountability.

The Sugar Coated Shaft

Shakir Husain Jun 9, 2005 interacts: 59

Why hasn’t any real estate transaction been taxed in this budget? Could it be because everyone in Islamabad is heavily involved in the real estate business? Could it that files are being bought and sold by the mighty of this land that they don’