December 27, 2012 marks the fifth death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the great visionary leader, who resisted with great courage the agenda of neo-colonial forces—pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State incapable of progressing towards an egalitarian and democratic polity. In recognition of her great services, she was awarded posthumously the prestigious UN Human...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq Corruption and illegalities in all state departments need to be seriously addressed and eliminated root and branch—Chief Justice, Gulzar Ahmed With the appointment of Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmad as 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on December 21, 2019, there are expectations that the much-needed reforms in judicial system will take place...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The poor genuine exporters were left begging for their refunds but fraudsters made up bogus documentation and decamped with huge amounts, unpunished and unquestioned—Tahir Jahangir, Chairman, Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan The Chairman of Towel Manufacturing Association in Sales Tax refunds: the fiasco unfolding[Business Recorder, December 18, 2019] has...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos”—Meles Zenawi, 13th Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to his death in 2012 According to the World Justice Project Report 2017-2018 (WJPR), as far as rule of law is concerned, out of...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq An unusual decline in revenue collection and steep rise in current expenditures caused a deterioration in all major fiscal indicators during FY19. The overall budget deficit during the year stood at a historic high of 8.9 percent of GDP, which was also in excess of the 4.9 percent target...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq An unusual decline in revenue collection and steep rise in current expenditures caused a deterioration in all major fiscal indicators during FY19. The overall budget deficit during the year stood at a historic high of 8.9 percent of GDP, which was also in excess of the 4.9 percent target...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “An unusual decline in revenue collection and steep rise in current expenditures caused a deterioration in all major fiscal indicators during FY19. The overall budget deficit during the year stood at a historic high of 8.9 percent of GDP, which was also in excess of the 4.9 percent target...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq The poor genuine exporters were left begging for their refunds but fraudsters made up bogus documentation and decamped with huge amounts, unpunished and unquestioned—Tahir Jahangir, Chairman, Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan The allegations levelled in article, written by Chairman of Towel Manufacturing Association that Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is blocking genuine...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity of the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows”―James Stephens, Irish novelist and poet If someone has willfully committed a wrong, it should be admitted and the victim must be duly indemnified. At least this is the most one can do as a human...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On September 13, 2001, the duo of General Pervez Musharraf [who seized power in a military coup on October 12, 1999 and resigned on August 18, 2008 from the presidentship to avoid impeachment, now awarded capital punishment for alleged high treason by the special court—detail order is still not...Read More