Malice Towards None & All
Self-Governance & Fiscal DecentralisationDr. Ikramul HaqFiscal decentralisation necessarily involves the transfer of taxing and spending powers to sub-national levels of government—in our context, local governments that are still deprived of devolution of political, administrative and fiscal powers despite unambiguous command…
Pakistan: Time to apply FATF membership
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf ShakooriThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded its 5th Plenary presided over by Singaporean President T. Raja Kumar. Delegates from over 200 jurisdictions and international organizations convened in Paris for three days…
Streamlining the FBR in haste!
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf ShakooriWe are fast approaching the general elections, scheduled for February 08, 2024. However, the post-election landscape poses daunting politico-economic challenges for the already troubled economy. Concerns about fairness of elections persist among…
Pakistan: Time to apply for FATF membership
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf ShakooriThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded its 5th Plenary presided over by Singaporean President T. Raja Kumar. Delegates from over 200 jurisdictions and international organizations convened in Paris for three days…
Trauma And The World
Huzaima Bukhari“The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect”—Peter A. LevineEach day, living beings in this world confront minor and major physical, emotional and socially inflicted traumas that…
Remembering Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqToday, Jul 9, 2020 is 53rd death anniversary of Madira-e-Millat, Mohtarma Fatima JinnahAll those who are concerned with the empowerment of women and other weaker sections of society are aware that this goal is not possible…
Budget Proposals 2019-2020
Documentation/Broadening of tax base/raising number of filers/According to 2017 census, our population is 207.77 million [provisional]. The dependent population of children under the age of 15 years is 35.4% and 4.2% people are above 65 years. Out of total population,…
Shrinking return filers
Dr. Ikramul HaqTotal income tax returns filed till the many times extended date [December 17, 2018] for tax year 2018 were 1,483,020 as compared to 1,756,982 persons on Active Taxpayers’ List (ATL), as per website of Federal Board of Revenue…
Benazir Bhutto: victim of ‘New Great Game’ #2
December 27, 2018 marks the eleventh death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the great visionary leader, who resisted with great courage the agenda of neo-colonial forces of pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State incapable of progressing towards an egalitarian…