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Posts Tagged ‘Duties’

Multiple Taxation: Stop Playing Havoc With the Nation

By Farid Masood • Jun 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Taxes and duties are a major source of income for any government to run its functions. A government, which fails to put economic progress on the right track by introducing certain policies to give boost to industrial, human resource and business sectors, becomes totally dependent on taxation.
After selling the Cash Cows the only option remains [...]



Resign Mr Tareen

By Farid Masood • May 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Government is earning from many heads, petroleum is a major source for enormous and illegitimate earning. Illegitimate in a sense that we import maximum part of daily consumption from other countries, it effect the citizens directly and if the effect is more than it should be then it becomes illegitimate.
We also seek that other [...]



Cost of Medicines in Pakistan

By Farid Masood • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Misc

I had muscular pain in back and went to doctor who gave me two type of medicines (capsules). I had a habit to read expiry date and the chemical formula. One of these capsules was ‘INDOMETHACIN’ which was manufactured by Taiyuan Pharmaceutical Factories Weixing, Taiyuan, China.
I asked the doctor that Pakistan is importing medicines [...]



Budget 2007~08

By The Pakistani Spectator • May 19th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Dr Salman Shah, Advisor to PM announced that the up-coming budget shall be business & people friendly. Every budget should have to be business friendly but the word “People Friendly” needs much emphasis and in-depth translation.
Let us all try to elaborate the word quoted above. The problems faced during current fiscal year are as under:
Government’s [...]