Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has been consistently claiming that efforts are afoot against the "historic" 18th Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan. Its co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari, in particular argues that this amendment has ensured

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President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignores his overtures for peace and negotiates instead with his friends, and enemies, over the future of Afghanistan. From Doha to Moscow, the

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This Policy Brief addresses four issues: enhancing fiscal equity, enhancing horizontal equity, federal fiscal constraint concerns, and dangers of any attempt to dilute or roll back the 2010 devolution. The National Finance Commission (NFC) is

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Pakistan has seemingly overcome its energy crisis as generation has increased from 22, 812 megawatts in 2013 to 29, 573 megawatts in 2018. In addition, energy projects with a cumulative capacity of 17,045 megawatts are

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While the issue of creating a new province in southern Punjab simmers on the backburner, the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has moved a bill on January 29, 2019, advocating the creation of not one

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The government has reportedly decided to establish a high-powered Tax Commission with the objective of getting back the power to collect general sales tax on services and agriculture income tax from provinces as well as

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Apple said Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with French authorities to settle 10 years of back taxes, becoming the latest US company to make a deal with France, which has led a European

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Apple said Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with French authorities to settle 10 years of back taxes, becoming the latest US company to make a deal with France, which has led a European

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Apple said Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with French authorities to settle 10 years of back taxes, becoming the latest US company to make a deal with France, which has led a European

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The Supreme Court, setting aside a verdict of Peshawar High Court (PHC), held that Khyber Pukhtukhawa Employees Social Security Institution''s (ESSI''s) income could be taxed under Income Tax Ordinance 1979. Commissioner of Income Tax, Peshawar,

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