Tax & Corporate Law Articles by Huzaima & Ikram

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.

Tax on gain on immovable property

Who is violating the Constitution? Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The unanimously-passed 18th Constitutional Amendment, received assent of President on April 19, 2010, was…

Budget 2020

Tax reforms for economic revival Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The biggest challenge faced by the present federal and provincial governments is how to…

The rot within!

Huzaima Bukhari “All you got to do is look around. This country’s getting worse and worse and more and more immoral, and we’re rotting from…

Covid-19 crisis—Budget 2020

Economic revival & IT sector Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the aftermath of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown, now gradually being lifted in Pakistan,…

Constitutionality of SROs

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The federal and provincial tax codes of Pakistan contain numerous exemptions and concessions while many are added, modified or…

Budget 2020

Simple & fair taxation for retailers    Dr. Ikramul Haq The outcome of a meeting between Prime Minister and the business community on January 20,…

Etymological shenanigans

Huzaima Bukhari “Nobody has monopoly over jahaalat—a highly educated person can be highly jaahil whereas a person who never attended any educational institution can be…