Tag: Dr Farrukh Saleem articles in The News
Polarization – Dr Farrukh Saleem
Pernicious polarization. Our society has now become mutually distrustful of ‘us versus them’ camps. You're either with the PTI or you're against it. Pernicious...
Gazing into the future – Dr Farrukh Saleem
US-China contest: From 2001 till 2017, the US and China shared a complementary role under the ‘war on terror’ paradigm.
In 2018, Office of the...
Power vacuum – Dr Farrukh Saleem
War has not ended in Afghanistan; it is taking a new form. The US is ending its ground military deployment but there will be...
Afghanistan: what next? – Dr Farrukh Saleem
In my considered opinion, the probability of a ‘political solution’ to the Afghan quagmire is low. In my considered opinion, the probability of a...
Bluff or policy? – Dr Farrukh Saleem
A bluff is “an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.” A policy is a “course...
Future of war – Dr Farrukh Saleem
In the 18th century, uniformed soldiers fought wars with ‘massed manpower using line and column tactics’. A century later, second generation warfare was fought...
Holes in the budget – Dr Farrukh Saleem
Tax hole: The budget shows ‘Tax Revenue (FBR) of Rs5,829 billion’. On May 29, the FBR told us that it has collected Rs4,143 billion...
Defence budget – Dr Farrukh Saleem
Myth number 1: Pakistan’s defence budget takes away a major chunk of the total budgetary resources. Not true. In Budget 2021-22, ‘Defence Services’ has...
Tax promises – Dr Farrukh Saleem
Three years ago, the PTI Manifesto 2018, ‘The road to naya Pakistan’, made some two-dozen tax-related promises. The word ‘tax’ appears 43 times and...
Keeping receipts? – Dr Farrukh Saleem
The government of Pakistan raised an estimated Rs1,500 billion to “address the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.” In March 2020, PM Imran...