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 2021: Taxes, Inflation, Growth & IMF
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The biggest challenge on tax mobilisation front faced by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is bridging monstrous tax gap…
PTI, FBR & ‘tax directories’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Failure of the coalition of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vis-à-vis economic governance, changing four finance ministers and five chairpersons of…
Uprooting Corruption: Lessons from China
Dr. Ikramul Haq After taking oath of 22nd Prime Minister of the country on August 18, 2018, Imran Khan has visited China three times (2018-2020…
When mob kills one person
Huzaima Bukhari “Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man’s life”—Daniel Webster Over time, this nation has developed a rather peculiar…
Tax directory of all
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq ‘All lawmakers are taxpayers’—Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, Business Recorder, January 7, 2014 On the first day of 2014, the…
FBR’s data analysis
Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue has released four documents in September 2020, namely, ‘FBR Year Book for 2019-20’, ‘Parliamentarians’ Tax Directory for…
FATF & Pakistan
Need for adopting risk-based approach Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The importance of risk-based approach in curtailing the movement of illicit…
Determining fair income-tax base
Dr Ikramul Haq According to the latest data available on the website of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the total number of cellular subscribers as on…
IMF-imposed ‘Ordinance’ & IT exports
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq According to a Press report, the coalition government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) before the release of tranche of US$…
Tax issues in erstwhile FATA/PATA
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) with respective…
Simplification of taxes for growth—III
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In this concluding part, we are highlighting various proposals already given to the government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and…
Prioritize what’s important
Huzaima Bukhari “Our life is the sum total of all the decisions we make every day, and those decisions are determined by our priorities”―Myles Munroe…
Taxing ‘Digital Economy’: Global & Domestic Challenges
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq INTRODUCTION The global digital economy[1] and electronic commerce[2] (E-commerce) in the wake of Covid-19 endemic have assumed enhanced significance…
FBR: achievements & challenges
Dr Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in a Press release issued on March 31, 2021, stated collection of net revenue of Rs.3394…
Tribute to Haseena Moin
Huzaima Bukhari “Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found”―Sionil Jose Much to…
FBR’s real estate regulations
Critical analysis under FATF’s guidelines Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Real estate sector is considered among the most vulnerable areas that…
IMF: bail-outs or death-blows
Dr. Ikramul Haq According to Press Release No. 21/83, issued by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 24, 2021, “its Executive Board completed the “combined…
Revolutionizing agriculture
Huzaima Bukhari “If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right”―M.S. Swaminathan Embarking on a new business, the first things to…
