Parenting: A Formidable Task
Huzaima Bukhari “Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist”—Michael Levine November 30, 2021 proved a fateful…
Pakistan & ESG implementation
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf Shakoori Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) values act as the guiding principle for a corporate sector’s obligation…
Reward for defrauding voters
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is a strange country where the elected members of Parliament pass self-serving laws for rewarding those who defraud the voters. What…
Pakistan: Post-election Vulnerabilities
Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf Shakoori The delayed process of electing representatives through ballots in Pakistan finally concluded on February 8, 2024 when the…
Row over FBR restructuring
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori This column has consistently argued for a single tax authority across all levels of government. The announcement of…
2020: Year of Prosperity—debate & discourse
State, elitism & poverty alleviation Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “The State shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual…
Sporting Events And The Public
Huzaima Bukhari “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean…
Malice Towards None & All
Self-Governance & Fiscal Decentralisation Dr. Ikramul Haq Fiscal decentralisation necessarily involves the transfer of taxing and spending powers to sub-national levels of government—in our context,…
Pakistan: Time to apply FATF membership
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf Shakoori The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded its 5th Plenary presided over by Singaporean President T.…