Tax exemptions and cartels cost 4.6% GDP yearly, benefiting only the connected.
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Govt Sticks to Patch–and-Pray as NDMA Flags Escalating Climate Crisis
Premier Shabaz fast-tracks repairs amid warnings that conventional barriers could worsen failures.
Read More »How Elite Capture is Forcing MNCs out of Pakistan
Sugar, cement, and fertiliser barons bankroll politicians for tax loopholes and impunity, jacking up essentials while regressive taxes hammer the poor.
Read More »Nova Minerals Leads New Wave of US Engagement
Multiple American companies—USSM and Energy Fuels among them—are stepping up, opening new commercial channels through lithium exports, rare earth refinement, and large-scale extraction projects.
Read More »Governance Bottlenecks Hold Back Industrial Revival
Chinese investors, local chambers pile on pressure as red tape and high costs stall growth.
Read More »Federal Axe Fall on TLP amid Punjab’s Push
Violent Gaza March triggers renewed ban; cabinet brands Rizvi’s outfit a terrorist organisation under ATA
Read More »Punjab Rolls Out Crackdown on Extremists
Strict enforcement of Loudspeaker Act, online monitoring, and daily district reports underline rule-of-law revival.
Read More »Deregulation Drive Targets Sugar Cartels
Parliamentary committee calls for accountability, structural reforms, and fair market play to protect farmers and consumers.
Read More »New Law Hands Bureaucrats the Keys to Punjab Local Democracy
PLGA 2025 strips away party-based elections, props up unelected bureaucrats, and chokes local finances—flipping Article 140A’s vision of autonomy into a tight leash from Lahore, ensuring the ruling elite cling to control while villages languish without voice or funds.
Read More »IMF Unlocks $1.2 Billion as Pakistan Sticks to Fiscal Discipline
Islamabad agrees to publish governance report, maintain 1.6% budget surplus as IMF signals renewed confidence in reform path
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