Dr. Ikramul Haq The fiscal woes of Pakistan are due to naked defiance of the rich to pay due taxes on their enormous incomes/wealth. A progressive tax (Income Support Levy), legislated in 2013, remains unpaid till today by 99% parliamentarians and rich Pakistanis.  The Federal Boar of Revenue (FBR) has failed to collect it from...Read More

National budget is one of the most important documents of a country. It is not merely a statement of income and expenditure; it is a mirror of the financial and economic state of an economy and authentic statement about the economic, financial and fiscal policies of the government. From Magna Carta until the emergence of...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The House of Lords on November 6, 2002 passed a historic order in Standard Chartered Bank (respondents) v. Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (appellants) and Standard chartered Bank (appellants) v. Pakistan National Shipping Corporation and others and another (respondents) and others [2002] UKHL 43] involving Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Standard Chartered Bank, London...Read More

Taxation – the means by which a civilised society performs the sometimes uncivil task of taking money from one group in order to give it to another – has been a part of life for a very long time. The ancient Greeks complained about it. Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem because of...Read More

By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq So how has China’s lawfare against corruption been successful despite its mammoth geography and population size?  In our view, some of the reasons behind China’s successful lawfare are the following. First, China has demonstrated the political will and resolve to uproot corruption from within the system. ...Read More

By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone in the growing geo-strategic China – Pakistan relationship.  Elimination of poverty and corruption have been on top of the PM’s priority list ever since he assumed office.  The China-Pakistan joint...Read More

By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone in the growing geo-strategic China – Pakistan relationship.  Elimination of poverty and corruption have been on top of the PM’s priority list ever since he assumed office.  The China-Pakistan joint...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq 2011 is about to end leaving behind many sordid memories, troubles and challenges—imperialist highhandedness evoking Occupying Wall Street Movement, political upheavals, armed conflicts, economic collapses and slowdowns, rising poverty and unemployment, social distresses and above all, rapidly growing menace of militancy coupled with religious extremism.  At the close of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq 2008 has ended leaving behind many troubles and challenges—economic slowdowns, financial crises, rising unemployment, social distresses, regional armed conflicts and above all rapidly rising tide of cross-border terrorism.  At the fag end of the year, the world’s most worrisome melting pot remained Indo-Pakistan area as was the case in...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Legal historians in Pakistan are bewildered as day by day the society is wrangling with legal shenanigans starting from serious constitutional issues to enforcing ban of kite flying and meals on wedding parties. In a country where a general in uniform wants to stick to power keeping both the...Read More