Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s high-level commitment to work with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Asia Pacific Group (APG) to strengthen its AML-CFT Regime and to address its strategic and counter-terrorist financing deficiencies took another turn when in June 2021 plenary meeting, Pakistan was assigned with an additional six-point...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The dismal share of income tax in overall collection of taxes during the last many decades testifies to the lack of judicious balance between direct and indirect taxes, resulting in declining tax-to-GDP ratio, huge budgetary gap, unsustainable debt burden resulting into rising debt servicing, and above all pushing millions...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq After 74 years of independence, unending, fruitless debates about the raison d’être of Pakistan’s creation continue to exasperate, especially after handing over of power to Taliban by the United States and its allies and likely establishment of a theocratic state. The arguments to justify a state, purportedly created in the name of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “Remember, he who butters also holds a knife”―Anonymous Human beings are basically narcissists with each posited on a varying degree of narcissism but it is an understood fact that all want to be praised and appreciated for what they are and at times, even for what they are not. While some may forcefully...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The global war on terror fought under the command of the United States of America (USA) in Afghanistan is expected to come to an end as America evacuated Afghanistan on August 31, 2021. One of the foremost reasons to start this war on Afghan soil was...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation”―Muhammad Ali Jinnah A famous adage goes by “God helps those who help...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The journey which started from the signing of a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against actors, aiders, and abettors of the 9/11 attacks is expected to come to an end as global powers withdraw their forces by the end of August. The Wall Street...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The journey which started from the signing of a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against actors, aiders, and abettors of the 9/11 attacks is expected to come to an end as global powers withdraw their forces by the end of August. The Wall Street...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the apex federal revenue collection body, is entrusted with the responsibility of collecting taxes of billions of rupees. Its jurisdiction extends throughout the country and due to the large volume and sensitivity of the data, FBR runs the largest data...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On August 24, 2021, Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, a junior but highly competent officer of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in grade-21 assumed the charge of Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). The appointment of chairman ignoring many senior officers may attract criticism from some quarters. However, it should not...Read More