Tax & Corporate Law Articles by Huzaima & Ikram

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…