World Bank & tax reforms Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The World Bank in an appraisal paper related to Pakistan Raises Revenue (PRR) Project has termed “vested interests lobbying for tax exemptions, internal tensions and wariness of change among…
Budget & Ashrafiya
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military brass, top civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust and their cronies in politics, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and so-called spiritual leaders (sic), media tycoons…