Super tax & collapse of constitutional limits
Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Constitutional Court’s long-awaited detailed judgment released on April 29, 2026 (short order was announced on January 27,…
Constitution & capital assets taxation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Since the phrase, “treated to have derived, as income”, used in the impugned Section 7E, fails…
Budget 2026–27 & fiscal justice
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s budget-making season has once again begun with familiar rituals: consultations with International…
FBR’s subversion of tax treaties
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Syed Muhammad Ijaz Pakistan’s tax system is now carrying a crucial contradiction that can no longer be ignored. The State…
FBR’s disastrous “withhodingisation”
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The growing reliance of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on withholding-based minimum tax…
Fallacies behind super tax validation
Dr. Ikramul Haq “Power to levy taxes is a sine qua non for a State. In fact, it is an attribute of…
February 13, 2026 marks 115th birth anniversary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1910-1984), Lenin-prize winner poet. Voice for dispossessed & oppressed
Dr. Ikramul Haq In today’s Pakistan—where discourse is confusing and shrill, history is selectively remembered, and dissent is increasingly termed as insurgency—Faiz…
Poetry, Power And Unfinished Struggle For Just World
February 13, 2026 marks 115th birth anniversary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1910-1984), Lenin-prize winner poet. Poetry, PoFebruary 13, 2026 marks 115th birth anniversary of Faiz…
Expropriatory export taxation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “If we were to construe Entry 52 of the Legislative List keeping in view the above meanings of…
Essentials of crypto taxation
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The global financial system is undergoing a structural transformation driven by the rapid…
Disastrous taxation of exports
Dr. Ikramul Haq “If we were to construe Entry 52 of the Legislative List keeping in view the above meanings of the expression “in…
Diplomacy Without Geo-Economic Sovereignty
Pakistan celebrates mediation while India harvests markets, energy and trade. In the emerging world order, geo-economic autonomy—not diplomatic visibility—determines strategic power. Dr.…
Detonating POL bomb
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Rising need of petroleum and its heavy taxation leaves the common man stripped of his earnings, and renders…
Critique of extractive capitalism—II Surplus, wealth circulation & human development
Dr. Ikramul Haq Modern economic systems continue to operate on a foundational assumption: accumulation drives growth. Wealth concentration is often portrayed as a necessary…
Critique of extractive capitalism—I Growth, inequality & insecurity
Dr. Ikramul Haq Modern capitalism has become extractive, concentrating wealth and generating insecurity. Traditional socialism also failed to protect individual autonomy. A…
Corporate taxes & NFC formula
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s debate on fiscal federalism has long been framed around one central question:…
Budgeting for 2026-27 in uncertain times
Dr. Ikramul Haq Federal budget for next fiscal year (2026-27) will be under preparation after Eid holiday. Our policymakers would face an…
Taxes, Growth, Employment & Welfare
Dr. Ikramul Haq “We are not a welfare state; we lack the institutional nervous system, the documentation, and the moral contract to…