For the love of one’s country
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqHuman beings are not surprisingly, attached to the place of their birth, no matter how advanced or how backward it might be but sometimes under pressing circumstances they are forced to migrate and settle in…
Unifying force
Culture, religion or humanity?Huzaima Bukhari“’Hamlet’ is a universal story that concerns us all. These issues do not concern only Muslims but all people equally, showing that we all share the same problems regardless of religion, nation and culture”―Haris Pasovic, Bosnian…
Raising taxes of Rs. 8 trillion
Dr. Ikramul HaqAt present, Pakistan’s public debt is almost 600 percent of tax revenues and development spending is significantly less than interest payments”— Unlocking Pakistan’s revenue potential by Ms. Serhan Cevik, Country Report 16/2 (January 2016), IMFAchieving revenue targets by…
Legislature vis-à-vis public
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqIf anything may be asserted with complete confidence, it is that governments through courtesy of the legislature undo many promises made to the public. Whereas the Constitution gives immense importance to relationship with the public,…
Nature is life!
Huzaima Bukhari“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice,…
Let us start from home
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq“A large part of crime is economics – if people are working and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate” –Vincent Frank One does not need much…
Appraisal of consumers’ rights
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqIn Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) 562 (HL), a famous British case decided in the House of Lords, Lord Atkin established that ‘duty of care’ should be displayed by all those who were engaged in an…
Humans and animals
Huzaima Bukhari “We have certainly created man in the best of compositions. Then we return him to the lowest of the low. Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.”―Al-Quran, Surah At-Tin verses…