Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In tax disputes the principles relating to stay of recovery in appropriate cases with or without condition, whether provided statutorily or as a matter of inherent jurisdiction, are well-established. The highest court of the country, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and High Courts throughout the country grant stay of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “I will not give in to unreasonable pressure of the business community as it would be traitorous to my countrymen…I will not step back after countrywide strikes by the business and trading fraternity….”—PM vows not to bow to traders’ pressure, July 17, 2019.  “…although there are gaps in the...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population—Oxfam’s report, ‘Time to Care’, published on 20 January 2020. In Pakistan, the average net worth of a parliamentarian is $900,000, yet few of them pay taxes. Instead, elites in parliament exploit...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even”—Muhammad Ali (Clay). The ‘Cambridge Dictionary’ explains the meaning of ‘defeat’ as “to win against...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “….the raison d’être of establishing special tribunals has been to dispense better quality of justice where people, better trained in particular fields and disciplines could provide quality decisions and resolution of disputes…. Appointing members to these tribunals on political basis or who are otherwise incompetent or have doubtful integrity...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population—Oxfam’s report, ‘Time to Care’, published on 20 January 2020. In Pakistan, the average net worth of a parliamentarian is $900,000, yet few of them pay taxes. Instead, elites in parliament exploit...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “….the raison d’être of establishing special tribunals has been to dispense better quality of justice where people, better trained in particular fields and disciplines could provide quality decisions and resolution of disputes…. Appointing members to these tribunals on political basis or who are otherwise incompetent or have doubtful integrity...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq This second concluding part of previous article discusses outcome of meeting between Prime Minister and the business community on January 20, 2020, history of tax defiance by the powerful wholesale/retail sector and what should be done in the future. Details of the meeting were published widely in print media...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on January 15, 2020 suspended the memberships of 318 lawmakers of the provincial assemblies, National Assembly and Senate, including Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Law Minister Farogh Naseem and Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri for failing to submit the...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “I will not give in to unreasonable pressure of the business community….I will not step back after countrywide strikes by the business and trading fraternity….”—PM vows not to bow to traders’ pressure, July 17, 2019.  “…although there are gaps in the taxation system but that cannot be made the...Read More