Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The peace deal between the United States (US) and Taliban is turning into a nightmare for the people of Afghanistan. Seizure of power by Taliban is resulting in closure of embassies in Kabul and termination of diplomatic relations. Suspension of financial and non-financial aid by US...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In The Panama Papers, the leaked data covered nearly 40 years, from the late 1970s throughout the end of 2015. It exposed a never-before-seen view inside the offshore world—providing a day-to-day, decade-by-decade look at how dark money flows through the global financial system, breeding crime and stripping national treasuries...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq & Hassan Aslam Shad The Pandoras Box Based upon the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, the investigation reveals the secret deals and hidden assets of more than 330 politicians and high-level public officials in more than 90 countries and territories, including 35 country’s leaders. The Pandora Papers lay...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world”―Miriam Makeba Blinders or blinkers are cover for the eyes to narrow down the scope of vision so that the viewer is focused on a specific perspective. They are usually placed on race horses to keep them from diversion...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Based upon the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, the investigation reveals the secret deals and hidden assets of more than 330 politicians and high-level public officials in more than 90 countries and territories, including 35 country leaders. The Pandora Papers lays bare the global entanglement...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of Appeal Inland Revenue. A report published in an English daily, not this newspaper, on September 28, 2021 says: “The Commissioners of Appeals will also have to justify and give reasons about “number of...Read More

Dr. Ikram Ul Haq and Hassan Aslam Shad “Law’s expire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process” – Ronald Dworkin At a very basic level, law’s enterprise is essentially one of protecting the weak against injustice and oppression at the hands of the high and the mighty.  This “least common denominator” finds...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari Hubert H Humphrey, former Vice President of USA once remarked that the moral test of a government is how it treats children, the elderly, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. The truth is that it is not just the government’s moral test but that of all living human beings as to their...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and its terms of reference (ToRs) approved. According to a Press report, “The harmonisation of GST is part of the World Bank’s budgetary support loan of US$750 to US$900 million”....Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself”―Aesop, Generally speaking and barring some loners, human beings like to be surrounded with family and friends. There is a unique sense of security in the loving and caring environment of those who are close to one’s heart. A home hardly feels lived...Read More