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.
Wear blinders, avoid realities
Huzaima Bukhari “But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world”―Miriam Makeba Blinders or blinkers are cover for the…
The Pandora Papers & our offshore legacy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Based upon the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, the investigation reveals the secret deals and…
FBR & tax appellate system
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of Appeal Inland Revenue.…
Pakistan’s Legal System is on the Verge of a Collapse
Dr. Ikram Ul Haq and Hassan Aslam Shad “Law’s expire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process” – Ronald Dworkin At a…
Elderly: cared for or abandoned
Huzaima Bukhari Hubert H Humphrey, former Vice President of USA once remarked that the moral test of a government is how it treats children, the…
Need for National Tax Academy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established…
Stabbed by one’s own
Huzaima Bukhari “Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself”―Aesop, Generally speaking and barring some loners, human beings like to be surrounded…
National Tax Academy—II
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the light of what was discussed in the first part, Case for All-Pakistan Unified Tax Service: PTI &…
Need for National Tax Academy-I
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established…
Good Manners
Huzaima Bukhari “When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the…
FATF Action Plan v Afghan Peace Agreement
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s high-level commitment to work with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Asia Pacific Group (APG)…
Pathetic direct tax collection
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The dismal share of income tax in overall collection of taxes during the last many decades testifies to the…
Contextualizing theocracy & egalitarian
Dr. Ikramul Haq After 74 years of independence, unending, fruitless debates about the raison d’être of Pakistan’s creation continue to exasperate, especially after handing over…
Flattery: Tool of the weak
Huzaima Bukhari “Remember, he who butters also holds a knife”―Anonymous Human beings are basically narcissists with each posited on a varying degree of narcissism but…
Road-map for Afghanistan
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The global war on terror fought under the command of the United States of America (USA)…
Ideal village of Gujrat
Huzaima Bukhari “My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way…
Chaos across the Durand Line
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The journey which started from the signing of a joint resolution authorizing the use of force…
Chaos across the Durand Line
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The journey which started from the signing of a joint resolution authorizing the use of force…
