Learning to unlearn the learnt!
Huzaima Bukhari “We now know that sex is complicated enough that we have to admit nature doesn’t draw the line for us between male and female, or between male and intersex and female and intersex; we actually draw that line…
Budget 2020-21 & FBR’s target
Dr. Ikramul Haq “…for Pakistan, the fiscal deficit is projected to increase by 9.2 percent of GDP in 2020”—Economic Survey 1999-20quotingFiscal Monitor—April 2020, IMF The federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, the second one of coalition Government of Pakistan…
Illicit cigarette sector
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Illicit trade in tobacco products (ITTP) is a global occurrence, affecting all regions and countries. It holds an allure for criminals to engage in it as tobacco products are light, small, easy to transport…
Budget 2020-21: Inventive measures
Dr. Ikramul Haq The government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been trying to improve tax administration and enhance revenues but not succeeded so far. Now amid Covid-19 epidemic it is facing a tough challenge for economic revival. It desires to…
Of pure, but not for poor!
Huzaima Bukhari “Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up”—Darth Vader-Philanthropist Legendary Greek philosopher, Aristotle said that man is by nature a social animal. He further explained that those people who are unsocial naturally and not accidentally, are…
Dear Editor
I hope you will like the Photo Feature. Kindly ask your photographers to have a few snaps as suggested in the write up. I suggest the following captions for photographs that are also clues for the photographers what to shoot:…
Dear Editor
I hope you will like the Photo Feature. Kindly ask your photographers to have a few snaps as suggested in the write up. I suggest the following captions for photographs that are also clues for the photographers what to shoot:…
Income Tax Ordinance 2001
Time to do away with it Dr. Ikramul Haq Dr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax, press, intellectual property, corporate and constitutional law. Dr. Ikram is Chief Partner of Lahore Law…
The real face of terrorism
Dr Ikramul Haq[*] Before one tries to understand the recent US military and propaganda outbursts against the Afghan Mujahideen [holy warriors], one must turn one’s mental clock back a decade or so, and recollect the legacy of the last Bush…