Yes, although not fully implemented except during the tenure of former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, there are strong reasons to believe that reducing taxes on salaried individuals could generate enough political support to tilt election outcomes in favour of policymakers. Ultimately, isn't that what they aim for? Last week, India's Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, unveiled the country's
CAPITAL markets offer various investment options tailored to different financial goals and risk profiles, mainly through the debt and equity markets. The debt market provides stable returns with lower risk, making it ideal for conservative investors. In contrast, the equity market offers higher return potential but with greater volatility. Investors can participate in these markets directly throug
WEEKS after the Chinese startup DeekSeek took the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry by storm with the launch of its low-cost, high-quality chatbot, American politicians still seem to be struggling to come to grips with the ‘shock of the century’. As expected, the US lawmakers have brought forth in the House of Representatives a bill to ban DeepSeek — which shook the lead American tec
PAKISTAN is one of the most exciting markets to be in,” said Shahebaz Khan, Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions, CEMEA, Visa. The economy is not highly digitised, but it has the fifth largest Gen Z population in the world, which are more likely to spend digitally than the preceding generations, he explains. Counterintuitively, the informal small and medium ent
THE general discussion around ‘Pakistani’s leaving Pakistan’ tends to assume that highly skilled and highly educated individuals are quick to “get out fast” lest the high cost-of-living, political uncertainties, and social insecurity bring them down, which may well be true to some extent. However, arguably the largest segment of society that tries to make a break for it abroad is the unskilled