Of taxpayers & non-filers
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Millions of Pakistanis by virtue of over 65 types of withholding taxes imposed under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001,…
Forces of terrorism & obscurantism
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq One should never forget the ghastly and cowardly attack of September 15, 2013 by Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) on Major General…
Politics of obscurantism
Dr. Ikramul Haq We lost East Wing (Mushraqi Pakistan) in 1971 due to sheer shortsightedness and highhandedness of ruling military junta and its political cronies.…
Honouring vocations
Huzaima Bukhari “There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes”—Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America. When we think…
Wages of appeasement
Dr. Ikramul Haq We have a long and painful history of State’s patronage of corrupt practices, tax evasion, money power, and protection of forces of…
Wages of appeasement
Dr. Ikramul Haq We have a long and painful history of State’s patronage of corrupt practices, tax evasion, money power, and protection of forces of…
China’s Xingjian Conundrum
(The Vague Element) In recent months Western media and the Washington Administration have begun to raise a hue and cry over alleged mass internment camps…
Awful planning, dreadful execution
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not…
Countering Corruption
Daunting challenge for Pakistan Dr. Ikramul Haq For decades, Pakistan has been unsuccessfully tackling the daunting challenge of countering bribery, financial crimes, tax evasion…