Case for National Tax Tribunal
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq“….the raison d’être of establishing special tribunals has been to dispense better quality of justice where people, better trained in particular fields and disciplines could provide quality decisions and resolution of disputes…. Appointing members to…
Oppressive taxes & rich-poor divide
Dr. Ikramul HaqThe world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population—Oxfam’s report, ‘Time to Care’, published on 20 January 2020.In Pakistan, the average net worth of a parliamentarian…
Subverting Tax Tribunals
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq“….the raison d’être of establishing special tribunals has been to dispense better quality of justice where people, better trained in particular fields and disciplines could provide quality decisions and resolution of disputes…. Appointing members to…
Dealing with traders—II
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThis second concluding part of previous article discusses outcome of meeting between Prime Minister and the business community on January 20, 2020, history of tax defiance by the powerful wholesale/retail sector and what should be…
Legislators, declarations & accountability
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on January 15, 2020 suspended the memberships of 318 lawmakers of the provincial assemblies, National Assembly and Senate, including Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Law Minister Farogh…
Dealing with traders—I
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq“I will not give in to unreasonable pressure of the business community….I will not step back after countrywide strikes by the business and trading fraternity….”—PM vows not to bow to traders’ pressure, July 17, 2019. “…although…
2020: Year of Prosperity—debate & discourse
State, elitism & poverty alleviationHuzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq“The State shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfilment of the fundamental principle, from each according to his ability to each according to his work”—Article…
Rejoinder to ‘unconstitutional taxation by provinces’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqIn response to our article [Unconstitutional taxation by provinces, Business Recorder, January 3, 2020], a letter was published on January 9, 2020 titled ‘Unconstitutional’ taxation by provinces: SRB’s response’that raised some questions and made a…
‘Hot Money’: lower tax on higher yield!
Dr. Ikramul HaqIt is unfortunate that contrary to all tall claims of getting rid of loans, especially the costly ones, the coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in pursuit of ‘hot money’ from foreign entities is not only increasing the…