2024: Multiple challenges & reforms
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf ShakooriPakistan has entered into 2024 under a transitional phase where the caretaker government remains at the helm of affairs. Unfortunately, elections could not be held within the period of 90 days as stipulated in…
2024:The Heart Speaks!
Huzaima Bukhari“You get a new year, you get a new start, you get a new opportunity”—Billy ButlerWhenever a new year dawns, pessimism takes a back seat and hopes run high for the entire world to transform into a better place…
2023: Disappointments & challenges ahead
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori2024 has dawned, posing numerous challenges for international community, most notably situation in Gaza that is getting worse. The incumbent thirty-seventh Israel government under premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu, despite internal and external pressures, is not…
Azerbaijan-Pakistan Economic Ties
Time to Harness the Real PotentialDr. Ikramul HaqThe progress in bilateral economic ties between Azerbaijan[1] and Pakistan[2] during the last few years, though praiseworthy, can now be accelerated and boosted to harness the real potential of economic cooperation for the…
Automation of withholding tax system
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf ShakooriThe economic topography of nations depends heavily on a robust revenue system, akin to the lifeblood sustaining its various functions. Diverse revenue streams, characterizing global economies with “tax revenue”, are emerging as…
Malice Towards None & All
Basic Precepts of FRB RestructuringDr. Ikramul Haq“The FBR is giving me a hard time, but I will persist, and when it becomes unbearable, I know where to go”. I am blamed for destroying the FBR, a symbol of national pride,…
Automation of withholding tax system
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf ShakooriThe economic topography of nations depends heavily on a robust revenue system, akin to the lifeblood sustaining its various functions. Diverse revenue streams, characterizing global economies with “tax revenue”, are emerging as…
Bridging the huge tax gap
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf Shakoori The new coalition federal government will soon be in power, after controversial elections of February 8 2024, refranchising the voters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The biggest challenge before the new finance…
Bridging the huge tax gap
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf Shakoori The new coalition federal government will soon be in power, after controversial elections of February 8 2024, allegedly marred with post-voting manipulated results to favour the favourite. These were the first non-inclusive…