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Tentative Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Police Order, 2002 Kamran Adil The European Union started using the technique of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) with regards to the proposed and current legislation. The International Association of Impact Assessment defines ‘Impact Assessment’ as ‘the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action’. There is no tradition or requirement …

Pakistan’s Export Recovery Four actions to speed up the process Magazine Desk After months of decline in Pakistan’s exports, the Ministry of Commerce recently claimed that the country’s exports in June 2020 witnessed a decline of 6.83pc, terming it a “sign of recovery particularly after the historic fall by 8pc, 54pc and 33pc in March, April and May, respectively. This …

Pakistan’s Economic Prosperity 10 Focus Areas to spur growth Hamna Yousaf In times of political manoeuvrings and the understandable focus on the Covid-19 crisis, it is important to remind ourselves that we still need an economic system that provides prosperity to our people. Here are top ten most important things for the government of Pakistan to get right in order …

Kashmir Conundrum and the International Law Abdul Rasool Syed The scrapping of Article 370 and subsequent annexation and illegal occupation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir by India has, once again, brought into international limelight the seven-decade-old Kashmir issue, a prime cause of friction between two neighbouring nuclear states, i.e. India and Pakistan. Before this constitutional catastrophe, the occupied …

Impact Assessment of Tax Amnesties on Documenting Economy   Bilal Hassan Tax amnesties are introduced, largely, to allow for inclusion of non-documented economy in a country’s taxation system by encouraging taxable persons to declare unreported or underreported foreign as well as domestic assets; to revive economy and spur growth by encouraging a tax-compliant economy; to raise tax revenue for fiscal …

  Global Value Chain Development Report 2019: Technological Innovation, Supply Chain Trade, and Workers in a Globalized World Brief Summary and Relevance to Pakistan Omer Hussan Bajwa Brief Summary The Global Value Chains Development Report 2019, a joint publication of World Trade Organization, Institute of Developing Economies and four other institutions, deeply and comprehensively analyses global value chains (GVCs) along …

Burgeoning Population of Pakistan A Ticking Time Bomb? Faridullah We are living in a century of population explosion where the time bomb of rising population is on ticking mode, and is approaching fast its threshold level.  Our sheer indifference towards the issue—itself an issue—has only made the situation worse. And, Pakistan still does not seem to have population control measures …