Corona-toll, negative taxation & charity
Dr. Ikramul Haq Much before Covid-19 outbreak, the widening income and wealth disparities were highlighted in these columns with solutions to bridge the growing rich-poor divide, but no government paid any heed. During the rule of General Pervez Musharraf [October…
Incentive-package for construction industry
Amnesty, tax breaks & multiple reliefs Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, in a Press conference on April 3, 2020, thinly attended by journalists after the bitter experience of March 24, 2020, announced…
Dismantling “sweet” cartelisation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is unprecedented in the country’s history that preliminary reports into sudden price hike of these commodities were released without alteration and action will be taken against those responsible for sugar and wheat price…
Self-serving tax waivers
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In tax laws, many statutory regulatory orders (SROs) create discriminations among people equally placed, favour the influential segments of society and open avenues of corruption. Through SROs, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) provides…
Robber barons, oligarchy & oppressed
Dr. Ikramul Haq The economic misery of millions of Pakistanis in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, monopoly of State oligarchy on resources and abuse of robber barons of their position in power to fleece the masses and get extraordinary benefits…
Corona-crisis: A wake-up call?
Huzaima Bukhari “Death is the final wake-up call”—Douglas Horton Specialized training of income tax for probationary officers who qualified the Civil Services Competitive Examination of 1983, took place during 1985 and 1986. Yours faithfully was one of them. This is…
Covid-19 pandemic
Combatting & redefining future Dr. Ikramul Haq The worldwide Covid-19 crisis has jolted the entire humanity, exposed vulnerabilities of even those states considered as economically and politically so “powerful” so as to determine the course of history. Being clueless…
Demographic analysis: pragmatic use
Huzaima Bukhari “If you’re a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you’re not going to be a good scientist”—Neil deGrasse Tyson (American astrophysicist) Most organized households first make a note of their…
Covid19-pendamic, leadership & apathy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In a country of about 210 million people, about 10,000 individuals, prominent in business or profession or holding key positions in state institutions, think they know each and everything and can fix the multiple…