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.
Betwixt truth and lies
Huzaima Bukhari “Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than…
Trapped in vicious external debts
Dr. Ikramul Haq It is now officially confirmed that the coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) secured over $13 billion in foreign loans in the…
Allama Iqbal on equitable taxation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In this article, we are highlighting the ideas of the great thinker, philosopher and poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, on…
Decades of subjugation
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq After 73 years of independence, our leaders in power want to celebrate liberation from colonial rule after pushing the…
Taxation issues after FATA/PATA merger
Dr. Ikramul Haq The merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) with respective provinces, after assent…
Malaise of mounting debt
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq The central government’s debt, excluding its liabilities, increased to Rs. 34.48 trillion by the end of May 2020—Central GovernmentDebt,…
Iqbal & Islamic Taxation Model
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In this article, we are highlighting the ideas of great thinker, philosopher and poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal[1], on economics.…
Rumour—A believable lie
Huzaima Bukhari “Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAnd of so easy and so plain a stopThat the blunt monster with uncounted heads,The still-discordant…
Tackling income & wealth inequalities
Dr. Ikramul Haq “We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but…
Unveiling hideous face of society
Huzaima Bukhari “The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love—almost as violent and much more mischievous”—Aldous…
Budget & wasteful expenses
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq It is shocking that while the number of unemployed has increased alarmingly and the poor are suffering from hunger,…
FBR: violating its own law!
Dr. Ikramul Haq Over the period of time, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the apex body responsible for collecting federal taxes, has been violating its…
Remembering Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Today, Jul 9, 2020 is 53rd death anniversary of Madira-e-Millat, Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah All those who are concerned with the…
Abuse of power in uniform
Huzaima Bukhari “What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse”—Isabel Allende, writer from Chile A…
Finance Act 2020
Lack of initiatives & innovations—II Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The existing system imposes high taxes but yields low revenues. Only 2000 companies pay…
FBR: putting the house in order!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “If we realise that the FBR cannot be fixed, we will create a new FBR. This is because Pakistan’s…
FBR: putting the house in order!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “If we realise that the FBR cannot be fixed, we will create a new FBR. This is because Pakistan’s…
Finance Act 2020
FBR, tax collection & elite Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The passage of Finance Bill 2020 by the National Assembly on June 29, 2020,…
