Budgeting for 2026-27 in uncertain times
Dr. Ikramul Haq Federal budget for next fiscal year (2026-27) will be under preparation after Eid holiday. Our policymakers would face an uphill task to balance the budget amidst the 37-month US$7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF)…
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Taxes, Growth, Employment & Welfare
Dr. Ikramul Haq “We are not a welfare state; we lack the institutional nervous system, the documentation, and the moral contract to sustain one. Yet, our fiscal policy remains obsessed with squeezing the productive few to fund…
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86th Pakistan Day Need for fiscal reconstruction
Dr. Ikramul Haq March 23, 2026 marks 86th Pakistan Day. The entire nation hopes that the present hybrid-plus government will strive to forge a broad political consensus for undertaking the much-needed reforms in all spheres of governance…
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Unconstitutional CVT on foreign assets
Dr. Ikramul Haq Section 8 of the Finance Act, 2022 imposed an annual Capital Value Tax (CVT) at 1% on the aggregate…
FCC, Constitution & super tax validity
Dr. Ikramul Haq The short order of January 27, 2026 by the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) of Pakistan validating super tax under…
FFC’s super tax verdict: A constitutional paradox
Dr. Ikramul Haq In Durrani Ceramics v Federation of Pakistan (2014 SCMR 1630), the Court held that fiscal legislation must conform to the constitutional distribution…
FFC, Super Tax, Money Bill And Forgotten Constitutional Precedent
Dr. Ikramul Haq “We may conclude by stating that each and every word of the Constitution, and the methodologies and procedures prescribed…
FCC, super tax & Constitution
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The abrupt demand for super tax payments running into hundreds of billions of…