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.
Unconstitutional asset-whitening & amnesty schemes
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq When NAB Ordinance, 1999 is effective from 1st January 1985, how could Foreign Assets (Declaration and Repatriation) Ordinance, 2018,…
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
December 27, 2020 marks the 13th death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, became first female Prime Minister of Muslim World in 1988. She served…
Exploiting the powerless
Huzaima Bukhari “People will continue to commit atrocities as long as they believe in absurdities”―Voltaire As reported on 19 December 2020, Faheem Ahmed, a school…
Return filers, potential & enforcement
Dr Ikramul Haq According to a Press release, issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), on December10, 2020, “A total of nearly 1.8 million…
Prime Minister’s “New Year gift”
Dr. Ikramul Haq The seriousness of the housing issue in Pakistan can be judged from the fact that conservative estimates put the housing backlog at…
Cleanliness: 50% faith!
Huzaima Bukhari “Fifty percent of faith is attributable to cleanliness”―Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Sahih Muslim, Chapter No.2, Hadees No. 534 As staunch Pakistani Muslims, we appear…
Confusion over WWF & WPPT
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq ‘Pakistan People’s Party regime from 1971 to 1977 provided some sort of socialistic framework for the economy. The validity…
Budget 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis
Generating extra revenue of billions Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The biggest challenge on tax mobilisation front faced by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)…
2021: challenges on fiscal front
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq For Pakistan the main challenges on the fiscal front for 2021, just a few days away, are not only…
Give respect to taxpayers
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq One slogan that is not raised enough by the economic or political agents in the country is ‘taxpayers ko…
There’s need to remove confusion—II
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is strange that Sindh and Punjab Assemblies, while enacting the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund Act, 2014 and Punjab…
Benazir Bhutto & her legacy
Today (December 27, 2020) marks the 13th death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, a popular leader with great vision, who courageously resisted the agenda…
Pro-people laws, insensitive legislators
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Raising the living standard and socio-economic uplift of industrial workers is the cornerstone of the Government policy, which is…
How important is unimportant?
Huzaima Bukhari “Sometimes we can’t quite put our finger on something important because we’ve got our fingers wrapped around so many other things that are…
Benazir: victim of new ‘Great Game’
Dr. Ikramul Haq 27 December 2020 marks the 13th death anniversary of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. She sacrificed her life courageously while resisting the agenda of…
Welfare laws & role of State
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq ‘Pakistan People’s Party regime from 1971 to 1977 provided some sort of socialistic framework for the economy. The validity…
Law of binding precedents
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq INTRODUCTION In view of the hierarchical character of the judicial system in Pakistan, it is of paramount importance that…
Sales tax on “goods” & “services”
Dr. Ikramul Haq On March 12, 2020, according to Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and its terms…
