Analysing budget 2009-10

The government has presented its second budget in the backdrop of a difficult economic situation. Like the previous fiscal, fiscal year 2008-09 has also been a challenging year. The government was faced with unsustainable fiscal and current-account deficits, rising inflation,...

Pakistan International Parental Child Abduction

Under Pakistani family law, which is based on Islamic law, the father controls virtually all aspects of his family’’s life. He decides where his wife and children will live, how the children are to be educated and whether or where they may travel. Courts rarely, if ever,...

Pakistan Budget 2009-10

The present government will be presenting its second budget on June 13. Before one analyses the expected policy stance for the 2009-10 fiscal year, it is essential to review the current policy stance pursued by the government. Pakistan’s balance of payments came under...