IMF parleys & debt enslavement
Dr. Ikramul Haq The impasse in talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and their deferment till January 2019 has received mixed reaction…
Case for National Tax Authority
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the wake of dismal results on the fiscal front for the first quarter of the current financial year, …
Unclogging a choked judicial system
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Any society that lacks an efficacious judicial system ensuring effective dispensation of justice, cannot progress. Poor dispensation of justice…
Democracy sans tax culture
Dr. Ikramul Haq In democracy, taxes play an important role—the elected representatives, who under Article 77 of the Constitution enjoy exclusive power to levy taxes,…
Democracy sans tax culture
Dr. Ikramul Haq In democracy, taxes play an important role—the elected representatives, who under Article 77 of the Constitution enjoy exclusive power to levy taxes,…
Case for fair taxation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In Pakistan, taxpayers’ money is not spent for the purpose it is collected. It is wasted and/or abused mercilessly.…
Apathy—a human disorder?
Huzaima Bukhari “Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all—the apathy of…
Ending woes of taxpayers
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan presents a classic case study of failure in every sphere of governance— the inefficient State institutions are the root cause of…
Ending woes of taxpayers
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan presents a classic case study of failure in every sphere of governance— the inefficient State institutions are the root cause of…
NAB, elites and rent-seekers
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “The institutional structure of Pakistan’s economy is designed to generate rents for the elite at the expense of the…
Tax policy for investment
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is heartening to know that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has at last started a meaningful dialogue…
NAB & white collor crimes
Dr. Ikramul Haq At the end of Musharraf era and general elections of 2008, citizens of Pakistan thought that their elected representatives would respect their…
Balochistan
Tax collection: myth & reality By Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Life in Balochistan is in severely clenched claws of deprivation and chains of…
Balochistan: Tax Collection Performance
By Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Life in Balochistan is in severely clenched claws of deprivation and chains of rampant poverty. More than half…
Taxation, black money and informal economy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq That there is a considerable informal economy, revenue leakage and black money in Pakistan is undoubted but few in-depth…
Taxation, black money and informal economy
Dr Ikramul Haq Dr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax, press, intellectual property, corporate and constitutional…
Taxation, black money and informal economy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq That there is a considerable informal economy, revenue leakage and black money in Pakistan is undoubted but few in-depth…