Tax & Corporate Law Articles by Huzaima & Ikram

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.

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…