Centre vs provinces

DELAYS in budget announcements are normal. After all, it is not easy to satisfy different lobbies competing for a bigger share of the shrinking fiscal pie. But the current impasse is of a different order. It signifies a constitutional and political crisis that the government is struggling to contain. The immediate cause is clear, even if the government is reluctant to state it openly. Islamabad wants the provinces to freeze their share from the federal tax divisible pool under the NFC award, ...

By [email protected] (Editorial)