Pakistan: Another FATF Assessment
Abdul Rauf Shakoori & Dr. Ikramul HaqPresident of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), while speaking at the Fourth G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting on October 13, 2021, touched on three issues or concerns. He apprised the…
Taxes, social services, gender & equality
Dr. Ikramul Haq The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today [June 24, 2021] launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment Activity (WEEA). This five-year initiative supports the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to promote women’s social and economic…
Compounding economic crisis of Pakistan
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf ShakooriRising need of petroleum and its heavy taxation leaves the common man stripped of his earnings, and renders the lives of the poor more miserable than before, but despite all these, brings…
Playing the religion card
Huzaima Bukhari“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful”―Seneca Lucius SenecaEssentially religion has been defined as belief in and submission to one superhuman deity or many gods. Great…
Leaks & challenges
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf ShakooriThe selective criteria of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in listing countries with strategic deficiencies are the main hurdles in curtailing the movement of illegal flow of funds. The jurisdictions that…
Constitutionalism is the only remedy
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq“A judge is to apply the Constitution according to the principles intended by those who ratified the document”—Robert H Bork, who failed to win confirmation as a judge to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987Advocates of…
Justice for labourers
Huzaima Bukhari“Give to the worker his wages before his sweat dries”―Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) iriam (Ibn-Majah)If it were not for labourers toiling in the fields, the factories, the works etc., it would not be possible to raise crops, utilise the many…
Af-Pak & regional realignments
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf ShakooriThe peace deal between the United States (US) and Taliban is turning into a nightmare for the people of Afghanistan. Seizure of power by Taliban is resulting in closure of embassies in…
From Panama to Pandora Leaks!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqIn The Panama Papers, the leaked data covered nearly 40 years, from the late 1970s throughout the end of 2015. It exposed a never-before-seen view inside the offshore world—providing a day-to-day, decade-by-decade look at how…