Huzaima & Ikram’s articles collect decades of published analysis on Pakistan’s tax and corporate law — income tax, sales tax, FBR reforms, budgets and constitutional questions — by Dr. Ikramul Haq, Huzaima Bukhari and Abdul Rauf Shakoori, including pieces first published in Pakistan’s leading newspapers.
Sino-Pak talks: Mutual trust grows
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan and China share a decades-old legacy of cordial relationship that over the years has further consolidated into…
Confiscation and recovery of assets
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Countries should consider adopting measures that allow such proceeds or instrumentalities to be confiscated without requiring…
Passive-aggressive behavior
Huzaima Bukhari “Every social situation is fraught with ambiguity, knee-deep in complication, hidden meanings, veiled power-struggles, passive aggression and paranoid confusion”—Kate Fox (Watching the English:…
Poor investment in human capital
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The Sustainable Development Report 2022 indicates the overall progress towards achieving all 17 sustainable development goals, adopted by…
Exit from FATF ‘grey list’
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “The FATF welcomes Pakistan’s significant progress in improving its AML/CFT regime. Pakistan has strengthened the effectiveness…
Seeking respect for transgender people!
Huzaima Bukhari “We just wanted to help people understand that it’s okay to be a transgender, and they’re just like everyone else”—Jazz Jennings In February…
Less known is better!
Huzaima Bukhari “The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark,…
Monstrous tax gap & remedial measures
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori There is hardly any doubt about huge tax gap in Pakistan. It is not only because of…
No respite from economic hardships
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The continuous economic woes of Pakistan are making the lives of the common people more and more miserable…
Recovery of stolen assets
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The global institutions in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) are…
Empty nest syndrome
Huzaima Bukhari “People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you it is no laughing matter. It is really hard”—Michelle…
Pakistan in deep debt trap
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s precarious financial situation, persisting for the last many decades, has landed it into a deep…
So much for equality!
Huzaima Bukhari “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal”—Aristotle Before daring to write upon this particular topic, my humble…
Dar, Moody’s & economic revival
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Recently Moody’s has scaled down the Government of Pakistan’s debt ratings to “Caa1” from “B3” and the outlook…
FATF/Pakistan: Beyond Grey List
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s trip on the list of Jurisdictions under increased monitoring maintained by the Financial Action Task…
Challenges before Ishaq Dar
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The Word Banks’ recent publication, World Bank Regional Economic Updates – October 2022 has noted that countries in…
Blame game to audio leaks
Huzaima Bukhari “Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling…