Reality of ‘War on Terrorism’ Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Seven years after the wanton attack on New York’s twin towers, symbols of America’s economic might, the world is a changed place—majority believes it has changed for the worst. The perpetuation of terrorism since then and manhandling of the entire issue by US and...Read More

Reality of ‘War on Terrorism’ Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Six years after the wanton attack on New York’s twin towers, symbols of America’s economic might, the world is a changed place—majority believes it has changed for the worst. The perpetuation of terrorism since then and manhandling of the entire issue by US and...Read More

Uprooting terrorism or promoting fascism? Dr. Ikramul Haq The blatant acts of terrorism against the United States five years back jolted the entire world. These raised some important questions about the future shape of modern day societies. The U.S and Western people secured freedom from political, economic and spiritual shackles that have bound men for...Read More

Uprooting terrorism or promoting fascism? Dr. Ikramul Haq The blatant acts of terrorism against the United States three year back jolted the entire world. These raised some important questions about the future shape of modern day societies. The U.S and Western people secured freedom from political, economic and spiritual shackles that have bound men for...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The blatant acts of terrorism against the United States 17 year back jolted the entire world. These raised some important questions about the future shape of modern day societies. The U.S and Western people secured freedom from political, economic and spiritual shackles that have bound humanity for many centuries after a strenuous...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] The blatant acts of terrorism against the United States a year back jolted the entire world. These raised some important questions about the future shape of modern day societies. The U.S and Western people secured freedom from political, economic and spiritual shackles that have bound men for many centuries after a strenuous...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq[1] Visiting Mauritius for the second consecutive year to attend 6th IFA Conference 2012 is indeed an honour and great pleasure. The experience of last year was rewarding and invaluable—interacting with people from various backgrounds and varying skills gave me new insights into the unexplored areas of taxation. It is a matter of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq There is a national consensus that the existing tax system needs to be completed restructured to provide an equitable, pragmatic, investment-oriented and growth-inductive policy and nationally integrated automated tax administration with simplified laws that are easily understood and hassle-free from the implementation perspective, especially after heavy economic toll of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In Pakistan, the successive governments have been always very keen to enhance tax revenues, especially collection by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), but never talk about the real problem that is huge tax expenditure and monstrous size of unproductive expenses [Budget and wasteful expenses, TNS, Political Economy, The News,...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “We don’t do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments’ responsibilities”—Henning When, a German stand-up comedian The announcement of budget 2020-21 on June 12, 2020 amid devastating continuing impact of Covid-19 endemic, fixing irrational target of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) attracted widespread criticism...Read More