Perpetual quest for wealth
Huzaima Bukhari “Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed was once asked: what is affluence? He said: ‘Decreasing your wishes, and being satisfied with what is enough for you”―Allama Majlisi Biharol Anwar Vol. 78 P. 102 Wishes are endless and usually the…
PTI’s manifesto: a betrayal of documents?
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of…
Navigating through economic landmines
Abdul Rauf Shakoori & Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan’s economy seems to be in a continuous struggle for revival. It has many structural challenges which needs to be addressed, this includes weak revenue collection mechanism, a challenging business environment, huge loss…
Matrilineal or patrilineal?
Huzaima Bukhari “Matrilineal succession is the only thing that makes sense as far as I’m concerned, since you always know who the mother is, and the father could be anyone. Most of the royal dynasties of the world didn’t agree…
Makeup or mask-up?
Huzaima Bukhari “It’s our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won’t make your soul pretty”―Kevyn Aucoin One of the basic instincts of human beings, regardless of…
Pakistan: Another FATF Assessment
Abdul Rauf Shakoori & Dr. Ikramul Haq President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), while speaking at the Fourth G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting on October 13, 2021, touched on three issues or concerns. He apprised…
Taxes, social services, gender & equality
Dr. Ikramul Haq The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today [June 24, 2021] launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment Activity (WEEA). This five-year initiative supports the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to promote women’s social and…
Compounding economic crisis of Pakistan
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Rising need of petroleum and its heavy taxation leaves the common man stripped of his earnings, and renders the lives of the poor more miserable than before, but despite all these,…
Playing the religion card
Huzaima Bukhari “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful”―Seneca Lucius Seneca Essentially religion has been defined as belief in and submission to one superhuman deity or many…