Conscience: unmute the silent voice
Huzaima Bukhari “War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves”—Leo Tolstoy In myriads of cases children who are growing up, are constantly rebuked about the many acts…
From Panama to Suisse Secrets!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “It has been common knowledge for years that a large number of Pakistani citizens, who are residents of Pakistan and are maintaining accounts in foreign countries without disclosing the same to the authorities competent…
Wars: Mostly women, end losers
Huzaima Bukhari “The world of men, which we allowed to become self-aggrandising, has suffered a shipwreck: the ruins are visible enough”—Elfriede Alscher in issue No. 8 of Der Regenbogen of 1946 War is usually understood as violent conflicts between countries…
PM’s relief pacakage in perspective
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one” — George Washington Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan’s address to the nation on February 28, 2022, was nothing but…
Challenges of data privacy & protection
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “….the tax officials on the unlawful directions issued by Chairman of ARU, Barrister Shahzad Akbar with the concurrence of the Federal Law Minister, Dr. Farogh Naseem, breached the statutory confidentiality of…
Pakistan’s FATF compliance
Huzaima Bukhari & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been striving to create an enabling environment that facilitates both government and the private sector to gear up against money laundering and terror financing challenges. Technological advancements,…
Homage to Dr. Mehdi Hasan
Dr. Ikramul Haq This is not a traditional obituary of Professor Dr. Mehdi Hasan, my great teacher, mentor and scholar, who left this world for his heavenly abode on February 23, 2022 at the age of 85. This is just…
Unending servitude to IMF
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori A detailed analysis of International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report on Pakistan transpires that the lender of last resort is dictating governance and economic policies of Pakistan. This is 22nd programme…
The socially marginalised!
Huzaima Bukhari “Simple majoritarianism can easily lead to populism, which in turn might lead to fascism and the oppression of ethnic, religious and sexual minorities, women, the poor, and the socially marginalised”—Abdullah Ocalan ‘Birds of a feather flock together’ is…