Supreme Court’s Annual Report 2018-19
Improving dispensation of justice Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Syed Muhammad Ijaz The purpose of annual reports published by the Supreme Court of Pakistan is to highlight its performance with respect to disposal of cases, efforts to improve the…
FBR Year Book 2019-20
Vital disclosures are missing Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Ever year Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issues data relating to collection of taxes, administered by it, with analysis highlighting vital areas of achievements, weaknesses and other disclosures to adjudge…
FBR: extortionist & failed agency
Dr. Ikramul Haq Our tax bureaucrats keep on maligning the citizens as tax dodgers, while the so-called “informed” analysts and all-knowing (sic) TV anchors join the bandwagon with often-repeated popular jargon that only “1% of the population pays income tax”….
Appearances may be deceptive
Huzaima Bukhari “No mirror can reflect a picture of a human as best as his/her attitude and way of speaking do”— Hazrat Ali (AS) Meeting strangers is quite exciting but the only cause for concern is their real nature and…
Apex Court Annual Report 2018-19 an Analysis
Dispensation of justice by Apex Court – Part 1 Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Syed Muhammad Ijaz This article consists of two parts, Part I, presents an analysis on efforts of Apex Court of Pakistan in dispensation of justice…
Federation, taxes & distribution
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On April 27, 2020, the 9th National Finance Commission (NFC), like 8th NFC, remained fruitless as the federation and its units failed to reach a consensus for distribution of fiscal resources. The official document…
On being happy!
Huzaima Bukhari “The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so”— William Inge-American playwright (1913-1973) No person who lived, is living and who will live on this earth can…
FBR’s Tax Directory 2018 Analysis
Startling facts & fallacies Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Syed Muhammad Ijaz Reference two-part series (FBR’s statistics: a critical analysis—I, Business Recorder, September 25, 2020 and FBR’s statistics: a critical analysis—II, Business Recorder, September 25, 2020, this article presents…
Menace of counterfeit cigarettes
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The protest in Islamabad by civil society and lawyers joining hands with residents of Muzaffarabad and other parts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) on September 25, 2020 against production/sale of counterfeit cigarettes, having…