Articles

    Dr. Ikramul Haq   “The changes made to the judicial system in the 27th amendment are alarming….“They will significantly impair the judiciary’s ability to hold the executive accountable and protect the fundamental human rights of the people of Pakistan….

    Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   The Government of Pakistan, instead of tabling a Bill in Parliament,  asked the President to promulgate Virtual Assets Ordinance 2025—published in gazette on July 9, 2025—to make it…

  Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The digital transformation of Pakistan’s revenue system has become a fundamental pillar of the country’s economic reform agenda. Adoption of digital tools is reshaping how taxes are assessed, collected, and enforced. The…

    Huzaima Bukhari   “A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they…

  Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   In response to a request from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the IMF undertook a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic with World Bank participation…The report is based on information…

Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori   Pakistan’s Constitution has now been amended twenty-seven times, including the changes that followed Operation Fair Play, the 1999 military takeover, and the 2007 emergency. Over the years, Parliament has introduced several major…

  December 27, 2025 marks the eighteenth death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the great visionary leader, who resisted with extraordinary courage the agenda of neo-colonial forces—pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State incapable of progressing towards an egalitarian and…