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.
Food security & climate change challenges
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man…
Avenfield Case judgement
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq From life-time disqualification of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif—first time of any prime minister in Pakistan under Article 62(1)(f) of the…
Dar, diplomacy & economic viability
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “Our foreign policy is one of friendliness and goodwill towards all the nations of the world.…
Is teaching a joke?
Huzaima Bukhari “Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is”—William Glasser (American psychiatrist) Well into the 1980s, new teachers were recruited on the basis…
Vital Judicial reforms
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its…
Pakistan: pathetic rankings!
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The decline in the quality of democracy has most often been driven by political elites focusing on securing…
We and the gaslight effect
Huzaima Bukhari “Let us not allow gaslighters to plunder the treasured gems of our mind file, nor erode the translucent color of its quality. ”—Erik…
Pakistan: SCO Samarkand Moot
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The world has shrunk into a global village where all the countries are now closely connected with each…
Structural Reforms
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the…
Culture of deception
Huzaima Bukhari “The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly,…
Pakistan: Improving EOIR standards
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Ensuring transparency in various areas of governance appears to be a continuous challenge for Pakistan. The recent report…
Need for all-out reforms
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Economic growth is strongly related to good governance and political stability in a country. Unfortunately, during…
Economy under IMF programme
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s economy has been going through a turbulent phase where fiscal imbalances and global challenges have adversely impacted…
When tragedy strikes
Huzaima Bukhari “We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of…
Pakistan & FATF: Crucial Days Ahead
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The Asia Pacific Group (APG), an inter-governmental organization, consisting of 41-member jurisdictions has recently issued 4th Follow-up Report…
Nature’s wrath, human’s suffering!
Huzaima Bukhari “We must use the wrath of nature as our teacher”—Bhumibol Adulyadej Long before the earth became an abode for human beings, this planet…
IMF, floods & economy
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “Pakistan’s economy has been buffeted by adverse external conditions, due to spillovers from the war in…
Devastating floods demand national cohesion
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The adverse weather conditions have unfolded a catastrophic situation where floods have created an unprecedented havoc. As reported…
