Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The claws of corruption have engulfed us, and its force is getting stronger with each passing day. Although the incumbent government came into power with the slogan of eliminating corruption, it has failed to bring about any positive change as Pakistan has lost seven points since...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm”―Hippocrates If the readers recall what used to happen some years ago when an accident or criminal case victim was brought to a hospital, they would remember that the medical staff would refuse to touch the patient unless there could be...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq When Mussolini requested Dr. Muhammad Iqbal to give some exceptional suggestion for him, Iqbal advised, “Don’t allow overcrowding of the cities. Limit the size of the population of a city and after that limit instead of allowing them to settle there, create new settlements and cities for them.”Bemused, Mussolini...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The  Business Recorder on 12 August 2011, under the title, FBR: A divided house , published an article, some excerpts of which need to be reproduced in verbatim. The purpose of reproducing these is to highlight that even after about 10 years, we have still failed to achieve what was then conceived...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Corporations around the world use bribery and other unethical behaviors to generate business from local and foreign markets. These methods create barriers for other entrants and are perilous for fair business practices and against the idea of free markets. Such activities are undertaken to secure certain...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “No organization can stay uncorrupt for long, be it a political party, a religious institution or a charity foundation—sooner or later the instinctual evils of greed and cruelty overwhelm the organization, fueled by its authoritative control over people”― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders According to section 2(xxviii)) of Elections...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “My fidelity is to my country, not my political party. Country first”— Steve Schmidt There is a famous adage, “many hands make light work.” People join hands to work for a common object, be it for earning profits from a business, constructing a building, discussing great ideas, fighting for a cause or perhaps...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq According to a Press report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking forward to continuing discussions with the Pakistani authorities on the set of policies and reforms that could form the basis for completion of the sixth review under the $6-billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF). This was stated by the IMF resident...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “The perks culture has also held real estate development hostage for decades as officials seek to reward themselves through plots. Government sponsored developers such as the DHA and Coop societies dominate the real estate market, creating a plot culture and holding private real estate development hostage.”—Take Tax Policy Back...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq & Hassan Aslam Shad The reports of corporate corruption or cartelization by certain companies, within a particular sector, keep on appearing and fading in Pakistan with promises of punishing the culprits. It is a bitter truth that in the investigations reports, serious allegations are levelled, projected in media, but before the trial...Read More