Stare rationibus decidendis
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq INTRODUCTION In view of the hierarchical character of the judicial system in Pakistan, it is of paramount importance that the law declared by courts should be certain, clear and consistent. Inconsistencies create distrust in…
2019: Wither PTI’s tax reforms?
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) contrary to its election promises after coming into power avoided fundamental structural tax reforms that could have yielded required revenue to make Pakistan self-reliant. It only resorted to…
Making 2020 year of prosperity
Dr. Ikramul Haq The pathetic performance of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in achieving even downward revised budgets for the last many years has adversely affected the fiscal scene—on the one hand federal government is in deep debt trap, fiscal…
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
Victim of ‘New Great Game’ December 27, 2019 marks the 12th death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the great visionary leader, who resisted with great courage the agenda of neo-colonial forces aimed at pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State…
Federalisation versus centralisation
2020: Year of Road to Prosperity Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Chairman of Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA), while addressing a conference on ‘Ease of doing business in Pakistan: a case for tax harmonisation’, organised by the Sustainable Development…
Lost frontiers—on Benazir’s 12th anniversary
Huzaima Bukhari “Pakistan’s future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy”―Benazir…
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
December 27, 2012 marks the fifth death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the great visionary leader, who resisted with great courage the agenda of neo-colonial forces—pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State incapable of progressing towards an egalitarian and democratic…
27th CJP & challenges
Dr. Ikramul Haq Corruption and illegalities in all state departments need to be seriously addressed and eliminated root and branch—Chief Justice, Gulzar Ahmed With the appointment of Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmad as 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on December…
Unpaid refunds: continuation of ‘Dar(k) Era’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The poor genuine exporters were left begging for their refunds but fraudsters made up bogus documentation and decamped with huge amounts, unpunished and unquestioned—Tahir Jahangir, Chairman, Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan The Chairman of…