Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The protest in Islamabad by civil society and lawyers joining hands with residents of Muzaffarabad and other parts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) on September 25, 2020 against production/sale of counterfeit cigarettes, having serious health implications and causing revenue loss of billions of rupees to the Department of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On September 18, 2020, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) released ‘Parliamentarians’ Tax Directory for Tax Year 2018’, ‘Tax Directory of all Taxpayers for Tax Year 2018’ and ‘Tax Directory Analysis for Tax Year 2018’. The data contained in the directories for tax year 2018 in majority cases is for...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq Every year a large number of legislators—Senators, members of National and Provincial Assemblies—fail to file their annual statements of assets and liabilities to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in time. The ECP, under the law, just temporarily suspends their membership and after filing of the required statements belatedly, the same stands...Read More

Any lessons learnt? Huzaima Bukhari “Strength doesn’t lie in carrying heavy loads. Camels can do that. Strength lies in controlling your temper”— Hazrat Ali (AS) There is a general belief that a person who boasts of great physical strength is stronger compared to the one who has a frail body. This might be true if...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq According to a Press report, following in the footsteps of the Federal Government, the Punjab Government has decided to borrow $ 304 million from the World Bank for tax reforms. Earlier, the Federal Government obtained loan of $400 million for Pakistan Raises Revenue (PRR) Project. Such loans, though not at all required,...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it”— Frédéric Bastiat A gift is usually permanent. Creditors may forcefully take their money back from debtors,...Read More