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.
Abusing taxpayers’money
“When laws do not rule, there is no constitution” Dr. Ikramul Haq All public power is a sacred trust, which is to be exercised fairly,…
In the grip of disillusionment
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The country during the last many days remained in the grip of severe despair and disillusionment. The sit-ins, demonstrations,…
A Heinous Joke With the Nation
If 18 February 2008 was an historical day in the history of Pakistan, the subsequent events have proven to be nothing more than a shameless…
A tax for the poor that rich never paid
Dr. Ikramul Haq The fiscal woes of Pakistan are due to naked defiance of the rich to pay due taxes on their enormous incomes/wealth. A…
A critical review of Federal budget 2005-06
National budget is one of the most important documents of a country. It is not merely a statement of income and expenditure; it is a…
Cases of corporate deceit and fraud
Dr. Ikramul Haq The House of Lords on November 6, 2002 passed a historic order in Standard Chartered Bank (respondents) v. Pakistan National Shipping Corporation…
A brief history of income tax of U.K
Taxation – the means by which a civilised society performs the sometimes uncivil task of taking money from one group in order to give it…
China’s lawfare against corruption and lessons for Pakistan (Part II)
By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq So how has China’s lawfare against corruption been successful despite its mammoth geography and population size?…
China’s lawfare against corruption and lessons for Pakistan (Part I)
By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone…
China’s lawfare against corruption and lessons for Pakistan (Part I)
By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone…
2011: Year of conflicts
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq 2011 is about to end leaving behind many sordid memories, troubles and challenges—imperialist highhandedness evoking Occupying Wall Street Movement,…
Year 2008: Lethal weapon of cross-border terrorism
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq 2008 has ended leaving behind many troubles and challenges—economic slowdowns, financial crises, rising unemployment, social distresses, regional armed conflicts…
2005: Year of legal shenanigans
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Legal historians in Pakistan are bewildered as day by day the society is wrangling with legal shenanigans starting from…
150 years of Lahore High Court
Dr. Ikramul Haq “The purpose of celebrating 150th anniversary is that we want to make people aware that the judiciary is active to protect their…
100-day tax reforms agenda
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The administrative burden of tax compliance is hardest in Pakistan where firms have to make 47 payments and spend…
Platinum jubilee of Tax Tribunal
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “….the raison d’être of establishing special tribunals has been to dispense better quality of justice where people, better trained…
71 tumultuous years
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Tumultuous existence of 71 years of our nationhood has witnessed many upheavals— a journey from crisis to crisis has…
60 years of Judiciary
From endorsement to denial Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the last 60 years of its existence, the State of Pakistan has faced a…