Dr Ikramul Haq As an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578 km of expressways—Xinjiang becomes logistics hub of Belt and Road...Read More

By Hassan Aslam Shad and Dr. Ikram Ul Haq Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which concluded on 6 November, was another historic milestone in the growing geo-strategic China – Pakistan relationship.  Elimination of poverty and corruption have been on top of the PM’s priority list ever since he assumed office.  The China-Pakistan joint...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them”—Dalai Lama The fact that great writers, philosophers and preachers belonging to any region and any brand of faith (Godly or man-made) say the same thing should not come as a surprise because humanity,...Read More

Islamic Republic of Pakistan FAIR TAXATION, PROSPEROUS PAKISTAX Tax administrators should be given powers to enforce tax laws and not to vary or modify them to negate the principles enshrined in Articles 77 and 162 of the Constitution. Tax laws should be framed and enacted through the constitutional process and their proper enforcement is to...Read More

The Institute for Social Justice submits this brief report on water and sanitation in Pakistan to the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Sustainable Human Development Section, Special Procedures Division, UNOG-OHCHR Violations of the rights to water and/or sanitation According to Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey 2008-09,...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq A report of World Bank, State of Water Supply, Sanitation and Poverty in Pakistan, released on November 1, 2018, says that the poverty head count rate in rural Pakistan was twice as much in urban areas—36% versus 18%. What makes the situation more painful and worrisome is the fact...Read More

                                      Huzaima Bukhari and Dr. Ikramul Haq The Prime Minister, Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, as per media reports, has hinted at dissolving the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) showing extreme displeasure over its poor performance. A new organization may replace FBR in the wake of its dissolution in a bid to lay the foundation of...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq Significant pro-labour reforms were introduced by the Government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as early as in 1972 in the wake of threadbare discussions at a Tripartite Labour Conference held at Islamabad. Many laws were introduced and steps were taken to guarantee to the workers their long overdue fundamental rights of freedom of...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq In a meeting chaired by the Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, on October 10, 2018, it was reportedly conveyed that the trans-provincial fund, assets, institutions and the programmes run by Employees Old Age Benefits Institute (EOBI) and Workers Welfare Fund (WWF) were difficult to be divided among the...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The passage of Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018 [“25thConstitutional Amendment”] by Senate and National Assembly, its adoption by the Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [by vote of 92 to 7] and assent by President of Pakistan on May 28, 2018 finally ended the unintelligible status of Pakistan that divided the...Read More