Flat-rate taxation: an alternate solution
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Synopsis At present, both the centre and provinces are not collecting taxes according to their respective potential due to weak enforcement and inherent problems of an out-dated tax system. Total tax potential of Pakistan…
Review of CBR’s links with business
Need for fast track ‘Dispute Resolution System’ Dr. Ikramul Haq Dr. 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…
Needs for all-out reforms
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Every now and then we keep on hearing from higher judiciary echelons that government must run the affairs according to the Constitution of Pakistan and follow rule of law. While this is undisputable and…
All are naked here!
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The proverb, is hamam mein sab nange hain (all are naked in this bath), is today on the lips of every Pakistani. Ordinary Pakistanis have lost faith in all system—the political, administrative and the…
Ailing economy, absconding FM
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the absence of self-acclaimed genius Finance Minister, reportedly under treatment in London for heart ailment after being indicted for amassing wealth beyond means, who will fix the economic ailments of Pakistan? The reply…
MR. AHSAN ZAHIR RIZVIHighest taxpayer is entitled to refund
Dr. Ikramul Haq Dr. 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: +92 42 6365584, e-mail:…
Agriculture for economic growth
Huzaima Bukhari “Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.”—Samuel Johnson “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer…
Taxing agricultural income
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on the eve of the 32nd death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 4 April 2011 made pledges to follow his legacy. This of-repeated rhetoric needs to be actually reflected…
Taxing “agricultural income” qua Constitution
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Taxation of “agricultural income” is the sole prerogative of provincial governments under the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan (“the Constitution”). The laws (sic) enacted by all the four provinces for taxing this income are unconstitutional,…