Without being commanded?
Huzaima Bukhari “I have gained from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the laws”—Aristotle While driving in…
Covid-19, the poor & tax extortion
Dr Ikramul Haq In the most difficult times arising out of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown, all over the world the governments are going for relief…
Through Iqbal’s eyes!
Huzaima Bukhari “Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim. Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny”—Allama Muhammad Iqbal…
Covid-19: economic impact measures
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, in a Press conference on April 3, 2020, thinly attended by journalists…
Simplest & meaningful tax-bailout
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq As mentioned in the last column [Tax bailout for economic revival, Business Recorder, April 17, 2020], all businesses—badly hit…
Intentions vs. reality
Huzaima Bukhari “Good intentions and grand theories do not make a good programme. Programmes work best when they’re based on a detailed understanding of the…
Tax bailout for economic revival
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq According to various Press reports, all businesses in Pakistan, as elsewhere, badly hit by lockdown in the wake of…
Corona-toll, negative taxation & charity
Dr. Ikramul Haq Much before Covid-19 outbreak, the widening income and wealth disparities were highlighted in these columns with solutions to bridge the growing rich-poor…
Incentive-package for construction industry
Amnesty, tax breaks & multiple reliefs Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, in a Press conference on April…
Dismantling “sweet” cartelisation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is unprecedented in the country’s history that preliminary reports into sudden price hike of these commodities were released…
Self-serving tax waivers
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In tax laws, many statutory regulatory orders (SROs) create discriminations among people equally placed, favour the influential segments of…
Robber barons, oligarchy & oppressed
Dr. Ikramul Haq The economic misery of millions of Pakistanis in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, monopoly of State oligarchy on resources and abuse of…
Corona-crisis: A wake-up call?
Huzaima Bukhari “Death is the final wake-up call”—Douglas Horton Specialized training of income tax for probationary officers who qualified the Civil Services Competitive Examination of…
Covid-19 pandemic
Combatting & redefining future Dr. Ikramul Haq The worldwide Covid-19 crisis has jolted the entire humanity, exposed vulnerabilities of even those states considered as…
Demographic analysis: pragmatic use
Huzaima Bukhari “If you’re a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you’re not going to be a…
Covid19-pendamic, leadership & apathy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In a country of about 210 million people, about 10,000 individuals, prominent in business or profession or holding key…
Tax package for coronavirus economic toll
Learning from China & others Dr. Ikramul Haq Nobody in Pakistan has highlighted till today what China has offered as tax package to help domestic…
Pakistan: case for external debts write-off
Huzaima Bukhari “Good debt accrues assets that generate positive returns and externalities”—Anthony Scaramucci—American political consultant Any logical person would advise someone looking for a break-through…