Wages of appeasement
Dr. Ikramul HaqWe have a long and painful history of State’s patronage of corrupt practices, tax evasion, money power, and protection of forces of obscurantism that have been thriving on hatred, bigotry, militancy, intolerance and terrorism. Undoubtedly, what we are…
China’s Xingjian Conundrum
(The Vague Element)In recent months Western media and the Washington Administration have begun to raise a hue and cry over alleged mass internment camps in China’s northwestern Xinjiang where supposedly up to one million ethnic Uyghur Chinese are being detained…
Awful planning, dreadful execution
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived.”—Paul BedfrodMany of the towns and cities, especially in the Third World countries, are in…
Countering Corruption
Daunting challenge for Pakistan Dr. Ikramul HaqFor decades, Pakistan has been unsuccessfully tackling the daunting challenge of countering bribery, financial crimes, tax evasion and plundering of taxpayers’ money. It is strange that in a country where tax evasion is condoned…
Taxes, justice and reforms
Dr. Ikramul HaqWhy has the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) after imposing more than 50 types of withholding taxes failed to enforce filing of returns by all those who have taxable income? FBR has even failed to get returns from…
Of unpaid refunds & figure fudging
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqThe story of “impressive” performance of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) during the period 2013-18 needs a through probe. The jadoogar [magician] Ishaq Dar, we all know, was master of figure fudging, for his shenanigans…
XINJIANG(2)
https://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/648 Harmony in Xinjiang is based on three principlesLetter from Liu Xiaoming, Ambassador of China to the UKThe Chinese people often say: “One does not know how vast and beautiful China is until one visits Xinjiang.” Xinjiang represents the vastness of…
Xinjiang, BRI & ‘Islamic Card’
Dr Ikramul HaqAs an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached…
China’s lawfare against corruption and lessons for Pakistan (Part II)
By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul HaqSo how has China’s lawfare against corruption been successful despite its mammoth geography and population size? In our view, some of the reasons behind China’s successful lawfare are the following.First, China has…