October 2020

National Tariff Policy (2019-2024) A WAY FORWARD Omer Hussan Bajwa   Introduction During the last two decades, Factory Asia has taken the central position in global trade. China has emerged as a new demand-and-supply hub. India, Bangladesh and Vietnam have earned great dividends in this changing paradigm. However, Pakistan has not been seen anywhere in securing benefits. Pakistan is globally …

Fourth Industrial Revolution and Pakistan Take it as an opportunity Mujahid Mustaqeem When the first, second and third industrial revolutions took place, people in many countries thought that the arrival of the computer and internet would claim many jobs. However, all three, in fact, turned out to have created job opportunities for the masses across the globe over the years. …

Enforcing GST on E-commerce Transactions Bilal Hassan Likewise, services supplied by non-resident service-providers to resident customers are subject to VAT/GST if, under the place-of-supply rules, the services are deemed to be supplied in the customer’s country; services that are deemed to be supplied outside the country are treated as outside the scope of VAT/GST system.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN Hassaan Bin Zubair The issue of governance has gained more prominence and relevance due to the emerging challenges arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, affecting the whole gamut of life. To tackle such disasters, governments world over have developed disaster management bodies from the central government right down to the community level. Pakistan has also had …

Criminal Investigations in Pakistan An Overview Kamran Adil Perceptions and realities ineluctably differ. The case in point is the comparison between criminal and civil justice streams in Pakistan. Popular perception is that civil justice is faring better than criminal justice. Contrary to this, the evidence, as recorded in the Rule of Law Index, 2020, suggests that criminal justice in Pakistan …

Winners and Losers of the Pandemic Economy Michael Spence While it is true that bullish equity markets are out of step with the historic contraction in the real economy, to say that they are disconnected from it misses the point. In fact, the lofty valuations of companies with high intangible capital per employee make perfect sense in today’s economy.

  Israel-Palestine Question and the Muslim World Is the Abraham Accord a new ploy to divide the Muslims? Afaque Ahmed Introduction Gaza strip of Palestine continues to be bombed by Israel with impunity. And in the West Bank, its nefarious designs to annex the parts that form the Palestinian state continuously haunt the people belonging to the region. The move …

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Heading for Thucydides’s Trap US-China Athar Mansoor Thucydides’s concerns were recently echoed by Graham Allison in his book, “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” An outcome of a decade-long research project, Allison’s book drew similarities between the rise of China against the United States and that of Athens against Sparta and warned, “China and the US …

Afghan Peace Process … as Afghan President sees it! On August 13, President of Afghanistan, Dr Ashraf Ghani, during a virtual session with James B. Cunningham at the Council on Foreign Relations, shared his thoughts on various aspects of the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan. In this conversation, Dr Ghani elaborated the recent developments ranging from the decision of Loya …