Self-respect: A nation’s pride
Huzaima Bukhari “Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect”—Eric Hoffer Way back in the 1960s, during our primary school days, our textbooks contained stories of children belonging to different provinces, even Bengalis when East…
Towards federalised tax apparatus
Dr. Ikramul Haq The provinces must participate in devising a national tax policy and collection apparatus as their share under 7th National Finance (NFC) Award (57.5%) is greater than the federal government and it cannot be reduced under Article 160(3A)…
Weeding out ‘deadwood’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq According to a news story, the coalition government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has recently convened a meeting to consider early retirement of inefficient and corrupt civil servants belonging to various occupational groups and services….
Weeding out deadwood from FBR
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq According to a news story, the coalition government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has recently convened a meeting to consider early retirement of inefficient and corrupt civil servants belonging to various occupational groups and services….
Agenda for reforms, growth & welfare
Dr. Ikramul Haq The fragmented tax administration and complex tax codes are one of the reasons for low collection, sluggish growth due to heavy cost of compliance. The citizens, especially, transprovincial entities, have to deal with multiple tax agencies, namely,…
Self-respect: A nation’s pride
Huzaima Bukhari “Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect”—Eric Hoffer Way back in the 1960s, during our primary school days, our textbooks contained stories of children belonging to different provinces, even Bengalis when East…
Self-respect: A nation’s pride
Huzaima Bukhari “Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect”—Eric Hoffer Way back in the 1960s, during our primary school days, our textbooks contained stories of children belonging to different provinces, even Bengalis when East…
Budget 2021: Taxes, Inflation, Growth & IMF
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The biggest challenge on tax mobilisation front faced by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is bridging monstrous tax gap through automation and introduction of tax intelligence system and not levying more taxes or enhancing…
PTI, FBR & ‘tax directories’
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Failure of the coalition of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vis-à-vis economic governance, changing four finance ministers and five chairpersons of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) during its tenure since August 2018 has been in the…