Khurram Husain

FBR powers

Having failed to broaden the tax net, they are now talking of ‘tax deepening’. Updated 17 Jul, 2025 09:19am

A world in change

Two revolutions can transform our world and lived experience in ways we can barely imagine. Updated 10 Jul, 2025 09:00am

Blood from a stone

Even the "people’s representative" were more worried about the rights of non-filers and fraudsters than of compliant taxpayers. Updated 03 Jul, 2025 12:10pm

The wages of hybridity

The need for reform, for change, is more evident than perhaps it ever was. Published 26 Jun, 2025 08:34am

Taxman’s powers of arrest

The legislators are right to look at how regressive the new tax measures are. Updated 19 Jun, 2025 08:44am

Thrashing around

There is not a single reform measure in this budget. No strategic change of direction is indicated anywhere. Updated 12 Jun, 2025 09:38am

Budgeting on sacrifice

Rarely have conditions been so favourable for a government to do something big and transformative. Updated 05 Jun, 2025 10:04am

Fictitious assets

The resources the government will put at risk if it ventures into the world of crypto are public resources. Updated 29 May, 2025 01:46pm

State vs industry

Industry is at a loss for words when describing what is about to happen. Published 22 May, 2025 06:43am

The fallout

Reality is stubborn, and two things bring home reality better than anything else: war and the economy. Updated 15 May, 2025 10:13am

Modi, Kashmir and Pakistan

Modi’s model of development rested on the ability to efficiently dispossess people and take land required for large-scale projects. Updated 08 May, 2025 08:32am

Indus water wars

India has not only been harbouring wishes to exit the IWT, but also preparing the ground for doing so — for many years now. Updated 01 May, 2025 08:44am

Canals and minerals

The entire supply chain for industry is now disrupted as the protests are escalating. Updated 24 Apr, 2025 09:02am

TRUMP’S TARIFFS — WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE WORLD

As US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs trigger worldwide market chaos and geopolitical fallout, the question on everyone’s lips is what the endgame behind the radical American government actions is. Updated 22 Apr, 2025 11:55pm

China and Pakistan

From China’s perspective, it seems that Pakistan has lost its shine. Updated 17 Apr, 2025 08:52am

Tariff crossfire

The bigger picture here is brutal in its simplicity, and critical in its importance. Updated 10 Apr, 2025 08:58am

The day of the tariffs

Watching the Trump tariffs roll in while our own prime minister congratulated himself, his team and the power of prayer for being able to pass through a power tariff cut inspired zero confidence. Published 04 Apr, 2025 09:42am

Losing the plot

It was the likes of Ahluwalia who recognised that the economic strategy would have to change, away from "import substitution" towards liberalisation. Updated 03 Apr, 2025 09:19am

Fleecing lambs

All’s well that ends well. But it’s a good idea nonetheless to find lessons to draw from such episodes. Updated 27 Mar, 2025 08:53am

Beasts of burden

What is broken in our power system is not the explosive growth of net-metering beneficiaries. Updated 20 Mar, 2025 08:53am