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.
Achievements & challenges on fiscal front
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is heartening to note that despite the challenges faced by economy due to Covid-19 endemic, followed by complete…
Higher rates, lower collection & amnesties
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq This is the last part of the series highlighting vital non-disclosures in its various publications on the part of…
Innovations in justice delivery
Dr. Ikramul Haq In early columns, the need for merging existing tax tribunals into National Tax Tribunal or National Tax Court was discussed in detail…
Pakistanis are not tax cheats
Huzaima Bukhari “The reward for saving money is being able to pay our taxes without borrowing.” How many of us set apart some of our…
Unshackling debt shackles
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is now officially admitted that the coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) secured over $13 billion in foreign…
More I learn, less I know!
Huzaima Bukhari “There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance”—Buddha Specialization is the key word today. Those who want to become rich and…
Sales tax base & collection
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the last article [The missing disclosures, TNS, [Political Economy] The News, October 18, 2020], a promise was made…
State oligarchy, politics & cartelisation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In July 2015, Business Recorder Research interviewed Chairman of Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and Director of Premier Sugar…
Separation of parents
Custody of children Huzaima Bukhari “Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened…
Digging deeper into debt trap
Dr Ikramul Haq The alarming burden of ever-increasing national debt during the tenure of coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has recently been highlighted by…
Reforming judicial system
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is a fact that nothing worthwhile has been done by Legislature—no matter whether under civilian or military rules—to…
Unclogging tax appellate system
Dr. Ikramul Haq On October 12, 2020, the Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), while testifying before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), revealed that…
NPD: Handle with care!
Huzaima Bukhari “Narcissism is the result of longstanding behavioral patterns that reflect fixed brain functioning. It requires a lot of motivation to change these patterns”—…
Supreme Court’s Annual Report 2018-19
Improving dispensation of justice Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Syed Muhammad Ijaz The purpose of annual reports published by the Supreme Court of Pakistan…
FBR Year Book 2019-20
Vital disclosures are missing Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Ever year Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issues data relating to collection of taxes, administered…
FBR: extortionist & failed agency
Dr. Ikramul Haq Our tax bureaucrats keep on maligning the citizens as tax dodgers, while the so-called “informed” analysts and all-knowing (sic) TV anchors join…
Appearances may be deceptive
Huzaima Bukhari “No mirror can reflect a picture of a human as best as his/her attitude and way of speaking do”— Hazrat Ali (AS) Meeting…
Apex Court Annual Report 2018-19 an Analysis
Dispensation of justice by Apex Court – Part 1 Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Syed Muhammad Ijaz This article consists of two parts, Part…
