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…
Leaks & challenges
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The selective criteria of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in listing countries with strategic deficiencies are the main hurdles in curtailing the movement of illegal flow of funds. The jurisdictions…
Constitutionalism is the only remedy
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq “A judge is to apply the Constitution according to the principles intended by those who ratified the document”—Robert H Bork, who failed to win confirmation as a judge to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987…
Justice for labourers
Huzaima Bukhari “Give to the worker his wages before his sweat dries”―Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) iriam (Ibn-Majah) If it were not for labourers toiling in the fields, the factories, the works etc., it would not be possible to raise crops, utilise…
Af-Pak & regional realignments
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The peace deal between the United States (US) and Taliban is turning into a nightmare for the people of Afghanistan. Seizure of power by Taliban is resulting in closure of embassies…
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…