Headline news today is fresh revenue targets set by IMF for Federal Government. Revenue Target is IMFspeak for taxation for which ever higher rates/types are set throughout the year.
Has IMF ever seriously set & enforced spending limits on govt and its lavish ways? #Pakistan
After a long hike up Mushkpuri, lunch at the Zareen Restaurant @DoubleTreeNG is a worthwhile treat — magnificent views, good ambiance, great food and excellent service! Special shout out to manager Bilal and server Safeer for their attentive and friendly hospitality 🙏.
Petroleum prices are difficult to justify, culprit is the enormous Petroleum Levy — which is outside the divisible pool & hence govt opts to increase it. For every Rs100 collected through income tax, sales tax & customs duties, only Rs42.5 remains with the federal gov while 100% Levy remains with Federal govt.
Due to the failure to meaningfully widen the tax net and reduce govt expenditure, the burden of taxes and levies on citizens has continued to increase.
Though I disagreed with @MiftahIsmail earlier, I now believe a serious review of the NFC Award is also warranted to ease the growing pressure on ordinary people
Never a man for the brute force of power hitting, not one to ignite a cult of muscle and swagger, they handed him a prescription for something he was never meant to be, flattened bats, brutal swings, and reckless shots.
They forced him into roles he never fit, threw him into the wrong numbers in T20s like a square peg in a round hole.
They condemned him, banished him from their dreams, and dropped him as though he were some faded memory.
His supporters, those few who still believed, watched helplessly as he spiraled, stuck in a cycle that had no end, not even a glimmer of salvation. The abyss was deep, and we were all falling into it.
And then, the PSL.
Whoever hummed in his ear to strip it all back, to return to the elegant craft that first made him great, may their name be sung in the halls of cricketing redemption.
For what Babar Azam has achieved since, that is Babar Azam for you. Not the noise of the power hitter they once tried to make him, but the elegance, the poise, the precision, pure cricket. A delectable display that left us all breathless.
Whether he returns to T20 Internationals or doesn’t, what does it matter? The very question feels hollow now, like a forgotten echo.
For us, those who once believed, then lost belief, then cursed him as he tumbled into the abyss, the answer lies not in his place on a team sheet but in the simple, beautiful defiance of what he’s done.
We had become disillusioned, eyes dimmed by disappointment, hearts heavy with resignation. Even we, the last of his faithful, hissed in dark corners that perhaps it was time to abandon the stage of the glitzy, fleeting game, let him walk away from the circus that never quite suited him.
And yet, here he stands, smashing eggs on our faces with every stroke, every effortless flick and punch of the bat.
He, the man we almost gave up on, now makes a mockery of our doubts. What was once despair is now a delicious irony. For those of us who lost hope, his resurgence is a rebuke, a reminder that cricket doesn’t always follow the script we write for it.
May his form continue to shine. The Test century in Bangladesh is surely waiting, and we’ll all be there, eager to witness the next phase.
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If an airport official has been out of line, report him to his superiors and allow a departmental inquiry to take place.
No need to create a drama and a scene.