Author: Javed Mahmood

I am an experienced writer, analyst, and author. My exposure in English journalism spans more than 28 years. In the past, I have been working with daily The Muslim (Lahore Bureau), daily Business Recorder (Lahore/Islamabad Bureaus), Daily Times, Islamabad, daily The Nation (Lahore and Karachi). With daily The Nation, I have served as Resident Editor, Karachi. Since 2009, I have been working as a Freelance Writer/Editor for American organizations.

In its first year, the PTI government added Rs464 billion in the circular debt, Rs538 billion were added in 2nd year and now after adjusting subsidies and increase in tariffs circular debt edged up by Rs130 billion in the third year.

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