Government-Traders Agreement on GST
By Dr. Ikramul HaqDr. 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 Associates (fax: +92 42 7226953, e-mail: irm@brain.net.pk)….
New CJP, old challenges
Dr. Ikramul HaqThere are about 1.9 million cases pending in the country before all the courts put together and to handle such a huge number of cases there are only about 3000 Judges and Magistrates available from top to bottom….
Pakistan: ensnared in debt trap
By Dr. Ikramul Haq[*]Pakistan, caught in a deadly debt trap, is struggling hard to get rid of external loans of 35 billion US$. There is a little hope to come out of this crisis or to stop looking towards IMF,…
Post-18thAmendment Fiscal Challenges
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe fiscal management in the wake of 18th Constitutional Amendment [the “18th Amendment”] has been posing serious challenges for all. The problems diagnosed by experts are ambiguity over taxation rights between federation and its units,…
Unclogging the justice system
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqAfter taking oath on December 31, 2016 as 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Mian Saqib Nisar, repeatedly stressed the need for speedy justice. However, near to his retirement (January 17, 2019), things have further…
CBR’s hostility towards salaried class
ByDr. Ikramul HaqDr. 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 Associates (fax: +92 42 7226953, e-mail: irm@brain.net.pk;…
My hand at humour!
Huzaima Bukhari“Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It’s like medicine-very healing”— Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons, an English-Irish actor and model. Born in 1985Having written a lot of serious stuff I thought it…
State oligarchy & tax breaks
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqIn a country where development outlay is cut drastically every year and an indomitable State Oligarchy enjoys unprecedented tax-free perquisites and perks at the expense of taxpayers, what can one expect other than fiscal chaos…
Unprecedented Transgression of Power by CBR
ByDR IKRAMUL HAQDr. 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 Associates (fax: +92 42 7226953, e-mail: irm@brain.net.pk)….