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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Aligning with new Trumpism   

Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan is currently passing through a critical phase of its economic stabilization, needing implementation of fundamental reforms to…
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Dream Of A Just Society

Huzaima Bukhari “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency, the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity, both bring…
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Political dialogue is indispensable

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Communication and negotiation are indispensable pillars of politics, serving as a bridge between conflicting ideologies and…
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FBR’s Performance: H1 FY2025

Dr. Ikramul Haq   The low degree of accountability of expenditures has made the revenue collection system more vulnerable to frequent restructuring. Placing responsibility to…
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Take off with debt-wings!  

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   With limited access to external funding, government debt has increasingly been taken up by the…
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Massive funding plans

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   The Foreign Economic Assistance Monthly Report for November 2024 published by the Ministry of Economic…
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Indian Budget 2025-26

Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   The Indian economy, despite its resilience and potential, faces a multitude of challenges as it…
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Reckless borrowing spree

Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s economy is facing a severe and multifaceted crisis due to fiscal instability, a fragile currency, and an…
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Myth Of Revenue Growth!

Dr. Ikramul Haq Is Pakistan taxing itself to death? Fifteen years ago, Pakistanis paid Rs1.7 trillion in taxes. Imagine, last year, Pakistanis paid Rs9.4 trillion…