Need For Courageous Leaders
Huzaima Bukhari “Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better”—Harry S. Truman History seems to…
New FATF guidelines
Shell companies & beneficial ownership Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Shell companies are considered the safest means to stash wealth created through criminal activities. Incorporation of shell companies is not illegal but they are normally formed…
Bourgeoning debt and fiscal woes
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Questionable decisions of our rulers, judiciary and establishment have pushed the country into a precarious situation where discharge of domestic and foreign obligations poses formidable challenges. The sovereign debt levels of Pakistan have…
Taxation & inflation
Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in a Press release issued on March 1, 2023, claimed collection of net revenue of Rs. 4493 billion in the first eight months of the current financial year (FY) against Rs….
SDGs, reforms & citizens’ rights
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The global community appears optimistic and determined to transform the world by implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. These goals are aimed at ending poverty in all its forms, eliminate hunger,…
Malice Towards None & All
Bowing Before Bazaar’s Power Dr. Ikramul Haq Much has been written in Pakistan and outside about Mullah-Military alliance but no attention has been given to document the enormous financial support to clergy from the Bazaar. The term Bazaar in Pakistan…
Who should be elected?
Huzaima Bukhari “All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great…
Salvation lies in structural reforms
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s persistent economic failures, amongst other factors, are the result of constant disregard of the Constitution by the powerful elites, who are not ready to give up unprecedented benefits, enjoyed at…
Adieu, ZIM: unique sufi of our time
Dr. Ikramul Haq Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense—the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and…