Taxing ‘Digital Economy’: Global & Domestic Challenges
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq INTRODUCTION The global digital economy[1] and electronic commerce[2] (E-commerce) in the wake of Covid-19 endemic have assumed enhanced significance in facilitating the businesses and their clients, the governments and the citizens to transcend the…
FBR: achievements & challenges
Dr Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in a Press release issued on March 31, 2021, stated collection of net revenue of Rs.3394 billion, exceeding by “more than Rs.100 billion” the target of Rs.3287 billion for the first…
Tribute to Haseena Moin
Huzaima Bukhari “Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found”―Sionil Jose Much to the surprise of the younger generations, those Pakistanis who opened their eyes in the decades…
FBR’s real estate regulations
Critical analysis under FATF’s guidelines Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Real estate sector is considered among the most vulnerable areas that are used for providing legal cover to funds generated through illegitimate activities. Drug traffickers, money…
IMF: bail-outs or death-blows
Dr. Ikramul Haq According to Press Release No. 21/83, issued by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 24, 2021, “its Executive Board completed the “combined second through fifth reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for…
Revolutionizing agriculture
Huzaima Bukhari “If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right”―M.S. Swaminathan Embarking on a new business, the first things to be considered by an entrepreneur are “minimum costs and maximum gains.” People abstain from soiling…
Simplification of taxes for growth—II
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been reminded in these columns time and again that no agenda for simplification of tax system and rationalisation of tax codes can improve voluntary tax compliance, unless…
Pakistan Day’s Resolve
Dr. Ikramul Haq The resolution of March 23, 1940 paved the way for a separate homeland for the Muslims of India after a long-drawn struggle against colonial rule. However, since independence on August 14, 1947, our state is still caught…
Reflections on 81st Pakistan Day
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Lahore Resolution of March 23, 1940, widely believed to have paved the way for a separate homeland for the Muslims of India on the basis of “two-nation” theory, received a jolt in 1971…