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Khurram Husain

@khurramhusain

Business and Economy journalist and columnist.

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linkhttps://www.dawn.com/authors/675/khurram-husain calendar_today28-02-2011 13:21:40

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Bird sellers, independent journalists, and the state: How the FIA/NCCIA is freezing the bank accounts of independent journalists, their family members, and anyone linked to them over “anti-state” posts. 🧵

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Salaried people are the single largest contributor to direct taxes in FY25. The largest carriers of the burden to rescue the state from near bankruptcy. Story by Mehtab Haider geo.tv/latest/612148-…

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The salaried class continues to bear the brunt of heavy taxation—treated as easy targets in every budget, yet rarely represented in policymaking. Where is their voice in decisions that bleed them dry? Khurram Husain #Budget2025 #TaxJustice 🔗 dawn.com/news/1921778/b…

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Custom duty cuts were supposed to be about spurring exports, but here they seem to be about easing elite consumption.... tribune.com.pk/story/2553735/…

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They bled compliant taxpayers nearly to death in FY25, then bragged about what a great job they did in raising the tax to GDP ratio. My piece in Dawn today delves into some of the key data the FBR presents in praise of itself. dawn.com/news/1921778/b…

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FBR calls it a “feat” to extract more from the same crushed taxpayers every year. The real feat would be taxing the untouchables. But we all know who the government in Pakistan protects, and it’s not the middle class. Khurram Husain dawn.com/news/1921778/b…

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"The state shields itself and its personnel from the effects of its own excesses and incompetence. And compliant salaried people, who belong to all sections of the middle class, have to foot the bill." #Budget2025 - Khurram Husain dawn.com/news/1921778

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Salaried class squeezed to the maximum Salaried individuals paid a staggering Rs555 billion income tax in last fiscal year, which were Rs188 billion more than preceding year and also 100% more than the combined taxes paid by retailers & real estate sector tribune.com.pk/story/2554122/…

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Of the Rs805 billion collected from "new taxes/rates" in FY25 that the FBR brags as a big feat, Rs188bn came from salaried people. That's nearly one quarter! tribune.com.pk/story/2554122/…

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"#Salaried people have seen their purchasing power burn in the inflationary fire that raged ferociously from 2021 to 2024. As soon as that fire was doused they saw a raft of #taxes."

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Mehrub Awan Rahim Wazir This old piece from 2015 by Khurram Husain brilliantly explained the constant push from the military to get supplementary grants from the federal government for the previous military operations in Waziristan and ex-Fata. dawn.com/news/1261719/b…

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Renowned Urdu scholar, Professor C.M. Naim, has passed away. May he rest in peace. Was honoured to call him a friend. Choudhri Mohammed Naim (3 June 1936 - 9 July 2025) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._M._Naim

Renowned Urdu scholar, Professor C.M. Naim, has passed away. May he rest in peace. Was honoured to call him a friend.

Choudhri Mohammed Naim (3 June 1936 - 9 July 2025)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._M._Naim
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"With the ability to generate #electricity in our homes, and distribute it with batteries on wheels, the whole model of IPP-based power generation and grid-based distribution starts to look obsolete." - Khurram Husain #digitalpayments #SolarEnergy dawn.com/news/1923191

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Digital payments are the second revolution- faster,secure,& efficient. But govt’s addiction to undocumented cash economies & tax evasion rackets stalls progress. Pakistan doesn’t lack tech,it lacks will to transform with time & technologies Khurram Husain dawn.com/news/1923191/a…

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Khurram Husain on technological revolutions, solarization in power generation & digital payments, are knocking our doors. He is of the view that theses processes can be slowed down but can't be stopped. dawn.com/news/1923191/a…

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I recently praised IBA graduates for their exceptional talent in finance roles and rightfully so. But at Finqalab, our experience with creative roles has highlighted another outstanding institution in Pakistan: Indus Valley. The quality, creativity and professionalism of their