From Panama to Pandora Leaks!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In The Panama Papers, the leaked data covered nearly 40 years, from the late 1970s throughout the end of 2015. It exposed a never-before-seen view inside the offshore world—providing a day-to-day, decade-by-decade look at…
The Pandora’s Box of Our Dirty Offshore Legacy
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Hassan Aslam Shad The Pandoras Box Based upon the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, the investigation reveals the secret deals and hidden assets of more than 330 politicians and high-level public officials…
Wear blinders, avoid realities
Huzaima Bukhari “But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world”―Miriam Makeba Blinders or blinkers are cover for the eyes to narrow down the scope of vision so that the viewer is focused on…
The Pandora Papers & our offshore legacy
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Based upon the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, the investigation reveals the secret deals and hidden assets of more than 330 politicians and high-level public officials in more than 90…
FBR & tax appellate system
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of Appeal Inland Revenue. A report published in an English daily, not this newspaper, on September 28, 2021 says:…
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…