Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on the eve of the 32nd death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 4 April 2011 made pledges to follow his legacy. This of-repeated rhetoric needs to be actually reflected in action, which in the case of the present leadership, speak otherwise. For example, on...Read More

 Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Taxation of “agricultural income” is the sole prerogative of provincial governments under the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan (“the Constitution”). The laws (sic) enacted by all the four provinces for taxing this income are unconstitutional, framed in utter violation of supreme law of land. At the same time, the total...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq Dr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax, press, intellectual property, corporate and constitutional law. Dr. Ikram is Chief Partner of Lahore Law Associates (fax: +92 42 6365584, e-mail: irm@brain.net.pk; website: http://www.paktax.com.pk). He is a member of the visiting faculty of the Lahore Institute...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The main cause of our pathetic socio-political and economic situation is existence of inefficient, corrupt, repressive and criminal institutions, which do not give a damn for the welfare of the common people. The successive governments’ policies of self-aggrandizement have reduced Pakistan to a State-in-perpetual conflict. We need to move quickly and decisively...Read More

The main cause of our pathetic politico-economic situation is existence of inefficient, corrupt, repressive and criminal governments/institutions, which do not give a damn for the welfare of the common people. We will have to move quickly and decisively to restore Pakistan’s undeniable geo-strategic and business competitive position in the region. There is an urgent need...Read More

                                                          Amin Mughal I confess, in the least uncharitable terms, that I was never fond of Benazir Bhutto. In fact, I was inimical to her politics. In death, however, she has redeemed herself. In the imagination of the masses she has acquired a mystical significance that is destined to be a never-ending source of inspiration...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries of the world, has been facing all kinds of challenges a nation state can perceive—poverty to terrorism, modernism to theocracy, autocratic rules to socialist regimes, social backwardness to radicalism, lawlessness to Talibanisation, collapse of state institutions to foreign occupation, civil wars to chaos...Read More

Cocktail of arms, poppy and politics Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq American-sponsored elections in Afghanistan today—amidst inveterate attacks by the Taliban—are going to have serious impact for the entire region in the coming days. The war-stiffen country—occupied by NATO-US troops—no matter who wins—though Hamid Karzai is said to win again—is certainly to be run...Read More

Advance tax or extortionate money Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq After the Second World War, the provision of advance tax [now encased in section 147 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 [hereinafter “the Ordinance”] was introduced as a measure to combat inflation and to squeeze large part of the unprecedented amount of money then...Read More

Alternate Dispute Resolution Rules Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq, leading tax consultants, are well-known authors of many books on Pakistani tax laws. They work for a multi-disciplinary firm, HUZAIMA & IKRAM (fax: +92 42 5310721, e-mail: irm@brain.net.pk; website: http://www.paktax.com.pk) which specialises in international tax, intellectual property, corporate and...Read More