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.
Budget FY 2022
Taxes, inflation & social welfare Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has achieved a historic milestone of collecting taxes…
Legislation and governments
Huzaima Bukhari “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught”–Honore de Balzac The interesting thing about legislation…
Budget, taxes & development
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “About 60% of the population falls in the “transitory poor” category (Bukhari and Haq, 2019) it means a substantial…
Legislation and governments
Huzaima Bukhari “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught”–Honore de Balzac The interesting thing about legislation…
Budget 2022 & taxation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022, the fourth of the coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), is to…
Unconstitutional taxation by provinces
Dr. Ikramul Haq The imposition of any kind of legislation that include levy of any tax or duty, cess etc having extraterritorial impact and involving…
Weeding out deadwood-II
Huzaima Bukhari and Dr Ikramul Haq In continuation of our earlier article and in response to objections raised by officers belonging to the Income Tax…
Weeding out deadwood-II
Huzaima Bukhari and Dr Ikramul Haq In continuation of our earlier article and in response to objections raised by officers belonging to the Income Tax…
Development for social justice
Huzaima Bukhari “The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development”–Wendell Pierce Since humans first set foot on this earth they have always…
Dealing with rich-poor divide
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq CPI basket includes luxurious items while SPI based on basic necessity items. About 60% of the population falls in…
Will Pakistan have ever Pro-people budget?
Dr. Ikramul Haq A student has asked to outline as to what should be the ideal budgets for Pakistani people at federal and provincial levels.…
Innovative tax model
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq For the last two decades every year, we have been consistently suggesting in these columns some innovative budget proposals,…
Innovative tax model
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq For the last two decades every year, we have been consistently suggesting in these columns some innovative budget proposals,…
Morbid taxation of ‘Digital Pakistan’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq Those who can afford to pay for the internet should be required to pay; those who cannot can be…
Agenda for tax reforms
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Since the introduction of Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, [commonly called “18th Amendment”], fiscal management, both at federal and…
Morbid taxation of ‘Digital Pakistan’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq Those who can afford to pay for the internet should be required to pay; those who cannot can be…
Give respect to taxpayers
Dr. Ikramul Haq One slogan that is not raised enough by the economic or political agents in the country is ‘taxpayers ko izzat do’. The…
Reforms for growth & prosperity
Dr. Ikramul Haq “A comprehensive strategy has been formulated to shift the gear and move to higher economic growth. I do not believe in increase in…