Addiction & its treatment
Huzaima Bukhari“It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behavior”—Gabor Mate, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with AddictionThe United Nations has declared…
Finance Bill 2021
Denying right to justice to taxpayers Dr. Ikramul HaqIn the Finance Bill, 2021, a highly lamentable and unconstitutional amendment is proposed to the effect that for availing right to appeal, the aggrieved taxpayer will have to deposit 100 percent of the…
Finance Bill 2021
Oppressive taxes, anti-people & anti-growthHuzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqFinance Bill 2021, presented on June 11, 2021 along with budget, by the fourth Finance Minister, Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin, of the coalition government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) with continuation of…
Budget 2021—the public’s view
Huzaima Bukhari“When we engage in the critical decisions about our nation’s future budgets, I want progressive voices at the table to argue that we must protect the most vulnerable in our society and demand fairness in budget cuts”–Dick Durbin, an…
Belligerent parliamentarians!
Huzaima Bukhari“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke”–Will RogersWhether it is on innumerable talk shows telecast on the many television channels or in the precincts of the national and provincial assemblies, our…
Finance Bill 2021
Salaried class and FBR’s brutalityHuzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe proposed taxation under Finance Bill, 2021 of salary income including reimbursed medical expenses or medical allowance for the first time in Subcontinent since the introduction of income tax law in…
Finance Bill 2021
Salaried class and tax brutalityHuzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe proposed taxation of salary income on gross basis, for the first time in Subcontinent since the introduction of income tax law in 1886, instead of giving any relief to low…
Budget 2021-22 & erratic taxation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021-22, third of the coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) [hereinafter “the PTI Government”] and first of its fourth Finance Minister, Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin, announced on June…
Budget, tax targets and fiscal deficit
Dr. Ikramul HaqIn document titled, Federal Budget 2021-22: Budget in Brief, released with federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 on June 11, 2021, the collection target of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is fixed at Rs. 5829 billion for…