Astringent legacy of May 12
HUZAIMA BUKHARI & DR. IKRAMUL HAQMay 12 of 2007 and 2008 will be remembered in Pakistani history as a tragic and lamentable day—a dictator with the connivance and support of certain forces managed to frustrate the aspiration of people to…
Astringent legacy of May 12Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq
May 12 of 2007 and 2008 will be remembered in Pakistani history as a tragic and lamentable day—a dictator with the connivance and support of certain forces managed to frustrate the aspiration of people to see their homeland a place…
Centre-provinces harmony
Need for judicious assignment of taxesHuzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThere is something fundamentally wrong with Pakistan’s constitutional structure of distribution of taxing powers between the federation and the federating units. The Centre has always usurped the right of the…
Assets beyond means
Dr. Ikramul HaqMian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, ousted/disqualified ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, seriously or in a light vein, in a private gathering, reportedly said: “Even if my assets do not commensurate with my sources, it is none of your concern”. Coming…
How Pakistan can become Asian Tiger
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe repeated claims in the past by Muhammad Ishaq Dar and Ahsan Iqbal, influential ministers of the ruling PML(N) government that “Pakistan will be the next “Asian Tiger” were never taken seriously by ordinary Pakistanis…
Budget for the Ashrafiya
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqPakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military complex, civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed aristocracy and its cronies, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and spiritual leaders (sic), media tycoons and their powerful employees, and unscrupulous…
Money laundering and issue of “immunity”
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe Supreme Court on February 19, 2010, while hearing Civil Petition No. 1049, 1348 & 1406 of 2009, summoned the Chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and reprimanded him for not implementing the order of…
Perils of SRO culture
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq“By withdrawing tax measures through Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs), the government is subverting the budget”—Dr. Kaiser Bengali, a noted economist and technical member, National Finance Commission from Sindh.Dr. Kaiser Bengali, in an interview with a…
Taxation without Representation!!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqNo taxation without representation is a cardinal principle—accepted by every civilized nation—embodied in Article 77 of the Constitution of Pakistan. It is perpetually and flagrantly violated—a lamentable act that remains unnoticed at public level. The…