Asad Ali Shah
@Asad_Ashah
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Prof Practice. Imperfect Critical Thinker/Learner, Promote Entrepreneurship, Empower Youth, Good Governance, Public 📢 interest/Policy, Ideas 💡worth spreading
Karachi, Pakistan
Joined July 2019
NEPRA’s Rs 50B Write‑Off for K‑Electric — Who Pays? 🧵. 1/ Dawn reports a rare moment of unity in the Sindh Assembly: treasury & opposition unanimously condemned NEPRA’s decision allowing K‑Electric to recover Rs 50B Write-Offs.
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Treasury supports opposition MQM-P resolution; debate today.
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The issue isn’t that Pakistan’s economy can’t absorb $1.5 billion. It can — in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, exports, and more. The real problem is the policy environment. With effective tax rates going up to 60%, no rational investor will take risks only to have the.
Four of Pakistan's largest conglomerates find themselves in the awkward position of having too much cash and nowhere to spend it within Pakistan. What these companies, how much money do they have, and have they truly become "too big for Pakistan" {THREAD}.
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32 Provinces? A Dangerous Distraction. Breaking Pakistan into 32 provinces is not reform — it’s impractical, disastrous, and constitutionally undoable. Even the division of Punjab, on which three major political parties had agreed, the implementation has stalled due to massive.
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The Biggest Myth in Pakistan’s Fiscal Debate?.That the 7th NFC Award “gave away too much” to provinces. The truth is the opposite. The 7th NFC (2009) only corrected the injustice of the 6th NFC (1997) — imposed by unelected caretakers on fictitious revenue projections. Had the.
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RT @mrazaharoon: @Asad_Ashah Interesting and knowledgeable exchange between you and @MiftahIsmail Sb. For real change, we need a visionary….
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Dear Miftah: Let me first say that I have always appreciated the clarity and intellectual depth in your communications. I also value your engagement with my earlier post and your generous acknowledgement that it was thoughtful. Such exchanges are vital if Pakistan is to move.
Sain again thank you for your thought-provoking reply. And it is wonderful to debate an issue in a civilised manner without name-calling etc. You are right the NFC award share of the provinces is 57.5%. But then federal government is also required to give 1% to KP for War on.
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RT @ansukhera: That’s coz we either don’t understand the concept of the “Production Possibility Frontier” or are too timid & unimaginative….
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Differentiation is Survival – Why Pakistan Must Stop Worshipping “Normal”. In his last shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos quoted Richard Dawkins:. “If living things didn’t work actively to prevent it, they would eventually merge into their surroundings, and cease to exist as
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Great initiative by @SECPakistan & @akifsaeed65 which I fully endorse, and I encourage all stakeholders to actively participate. I also recommend commissioning an independent survey to capture the views of stakeholders and small shareholders on identifying impediments to.
One can highlight one's actions but the real test is feedback of the market. @SECPakistan has mandated Gallup Pakistan to conduct an independent (confidential ) "Stakeholder Perception Survey". I request all recipients to actively participate, your feedback matters. 1/2.
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Two Great Founders — A Vision Betrayed. A powerful reminder of what could have been. In 1947, Quaid-e-Azam envisioned Pakistan–India relations like those between Canada and the U.S. — open, cooperative, and mutually respectful. Gandhi ji imagined us as members of a joint family,.
How far we have come: in 1947, Mr Jinnah spoke of ‘relations between Pakistan & Hindustan like relations between Canada & the U.S.’ . Gandhi ji said, ‘We should be like members of a joint family who have started living in separate houses.’
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RT @ansukhera: Words worth gold, by @Asad_Ashah! ❤️. Pray, we follow this agenda someday…. soon! 🙏🏻.
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RT @salma_imam: "As Jensen Huang says : "There's hard work, and then there's insanely hard work."."Let’s celebrate the freedom we cherish —….
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Happy Independence Day, Pakistan! 🇵🇰. 78 years on, we must face a hard truth: sovereignty alone does not guarantee prosperity. Nations like South Korea, Singapore, and Ireland began poor but became global success stories within a generation — by making the right choices. Their.
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RT @MusadaqZ: @Asad_Ashah Both @Asad_Ashah & @MiftahIsmail desire the same end results - Pakistan should be run for it people and not for p….
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Dear Miftah,. I agree that both federal and provincial governments have failed to deliver results commensurate with the resources they receive, and that accountability must be at the heart of fiscal federalism. But reducing the NFC share to provinces is not the right step.
Thank you for your thoughtful take on the NFC award. Since NFC mandates that about 60% of tax revenues have to go to the provinces, it means that the federal govt, to cover its deficit, has to increase tax revenues by 167% of the deficit. This is the reason we have such high.
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Dear Miftah,. I agree that both federal and provincial governments have failed to deliver results commensurate with the resources they receive, and that accountability must be at the heart of fiscal federalism. But reducing the NFC share to provinces is not the right step.
Thank you for your thoughtful take on the NFC award. Since NFC mandates that about 60% of tax revenues have to go to the provinces, it means that the federal govt, to cover its deficit, has to increase tax revenues by 167% of the deficit. This is the reason we have such high.
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Why does Pakistan shy away from appointing true professionals to lead its most important accountability institution?. The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) leads the Supreme Audit Institution — tasked not only with independently scrutinising public spending, but also with.
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RT @husainhaqqani: اٹلی کے وزیر دفاع نے کہا ہے کہ اٹلی بھی اسرائیل پر پابندیاں لگانے کی تیاری کر رہا ہے لیکن اس کا مقصد اسرائیلیوں کو سزا د….
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"What is happening [in Gaza] is unacceptable. We are not facing a military operation with collateral damage, but the pure denial of the law and the founding values of our civilization," he said.
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The IMF’s Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment has flagged a critical weakness in Pakistan’s fight against corruption:. Uneven identification of politically exposed persons (PEPs) across institutions. Limited access to data and lack of automated screening in smaller.
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RT @husainhaqqani: امریکی جریدہ دی اٹلانٹک کے تجزیہ کا نچوڑ یہ ہے کہ امریکی ووٹر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کو کرپٹ سمجھنے کے باوجود اس امید پر برداشت کرنے….
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Voters have proved willing to tolerate corruption, but there’s one thing they won’t ignore.
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