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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…