Tax & Corporate Law Articles by Huzaima & Ikram

Huzaima & Ikram’s articles collect decades of published analysis on Pakistan’s tax and corporate law — income tax, sales tax, FBR reform, budgets and constitutional questions — by Dr. Ikramul Haq, Huzaima Bukhari and Abdul Rauf Shakoori, including pieces first published in Pakistan’s leading newspapers. See also our Budget 2027 & challenges series and our When VAT ceases to be VAT series, and our Beyond Public Finance series, and our Bankruptcy of Ideas series, and our FATF & Pakistan hub, and our FBR & Pakistan hub, and our Withholding Tax & Pakistan hub, and our Tax Reform & Pakistan hub, and our Constitutional Tax Law & Pakistan hub.

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Budget & Ashrafiya

    Dr. Ikramul Haq   Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military brass, top civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust…
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Budget of a neglected province

Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   The province of Balochistan, comprising approximately 44% of Pakistan’s territory, stands as the country’s richest yet most…
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Tax policy at its worst

  Dr. Ikramul Haq The Finance Bill 2025-26 appeared to be the most confusing document that any government produced in years. It revolved around going…
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Floods: Are We Prepared?

    Huzaima Bukhari   “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves”—William M. Daley   As summer of 2025 progresses…
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Future of crypto in Pakistan

    Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   Legalization of cryptocurrency in Pakistan has evolved into a complex legal and financial…