Budget 2020-21 & FBR’s target
Dr. Ikramul Haq“…for Pakistan, the fiscal deficit is projected to increase by 9.2 percent of GDP in 2020”—Economic Survey 1999-20quotingFiscal Monitor—April 2020, IMFThe federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, the second one of coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI),…
Illicit cigarette sector
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul HaqIllicit trade in tobacco products (ITTP) is a global occurrence, affecting all regions and countries. It holds an allure for criminals to engage in it as tobacco products are light, small, easy to transport and…
Budget 2020-21: Inventive measures
Dr. Ikramul HaqThe government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been trying to improve tax administration and enhance revenues but not succeeded so far. Now amid Covid-19 epidemic it is facing a tough challenge for economic revival. It desires to prepare…
Of pure, but not for poor!
Huzaima Bukhari“Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up”—Darth Vader-PhilanthropistLegendary Greek philosopher, Aristotle said that man is by nature a social animal. He further explained that those people who are unsocial naturally and not accidentally, are either too…
Dear Editor
I hope you will like the Photo Feature. Kindly ask your photographers to have a few snaps as suggested in the write up. I suggest the following captions for photographs that are also clues for the photographers what to shoot:Huddled…
Dear Editor
I hope you will like the Photo Feature. Kindly ask your photographers to have a few snaps as suggested in the write up. I suggest the following captions for photographs that are also clues for the photographers what to shoot:Huddled…
Income Tax Ordinance 2001
Time to do away with itDr. Ikramul HaqDr. Ikramul Haq, a leading international tax counsel, is a well-known author specialising in international tax, press, intellectual property, corporate and constitutional law. Dr. Ikram is Chief Partner of Lahore Law Associates (fax:…
The real face of terrorism
Dr Ikramul Haq[*]Before one tries to understand the recent US military and propaganda outbursts against the Afghan Mujahideen [holy warriors], one must turn one’s mental clock back a decade or so, and recollect the legacy of the last Bush to…
Income Tax Ordinance 2001:A fait accompli
Dr. Ikramul Haq[*]The failure to act prudently creates certain things as fait accompli in a nation’s life. The Income Tax Ordinance 2001, which is going to be imposed upon us before 26 September 2001, on the dictates of the International…