Pakistan’s Legal System is on the Verge of a Collapse
Dr. Ikram Ul Haq and Hassan Aslam Shad “Law’s expire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process” – Ronald Dworkin At a very basic level, law’s enterprise is essentially one of protecting the weak against injustice and…
Elderly: cared for or abandoned
Huzaima Bukhari Hubert H Humphrey, former Vice President of USA once remarked that the moral test of a government is how it treats children, the elderly, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. The truth is that it is not…
Need for National Tax Academy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and its terms of reference (ToRs) approved. According to a Press report, “The harmonisation of…
Stabbed by one’s own
Huzaima Bukhari “Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself”―Aesop, Generally speaking and barring some loners, human beings like to be surrounded with family and friends. There is a unique sense of security in the loving and…
National Tax Academy—II
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the light of what was discussed in the first part, Case for All-Pakistan Unified Tax Service: PTI & innovative tax reforms, Business Recorder, August 31, 2018, the draft roadmap for harmonisation of fragmented…
Need for National Tax Academy-I
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and its terms of reference (ToRs) approved. According to a Press report, “The harmonisation of…
Good Manners
Huzaima Bukhari “When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder”―Lao Tzu There cannot…
FATF Action Plan v Afghan Peace Agreement
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s high-level commitment to work with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Asia Pacific Group (APG) to strengthen its AML-CFT Regime and to address its strategic and counter-terrorist financing deficiencies took…
Pathetic direct tax collection
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The dismal share of income tax in overall collection of taxes during the last many decades testifies to the lack of judicious balance between direct and indirect taxes, resulting in declining tax-to-GDP ratio, huge…