Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq In the wake of Panama Papers: Politicians, Criminal & Rogue Industry That Hide Their Cash, issued by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), heated debatesstarted in ever country for disclosures of information relating to matters falling in the category of public importance. In Pakistan people are disillusioned, as usual,...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq On October 3, 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan approved an ambitious three-year tax reforms plan that includes setting up of a new national tax agency [Pakistan Revenue Authority (PRA)] by June 2020 and restructuring of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on war footing. The plan of establishing PRA...Read More

Huzaima Bukhari “The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe”—Michio Kaku, Professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York, USA What a delightful feeling it is to hear the first cry of...Read More

Pakistan Day: Reflections & Resolve Dr. Ikramul Haq The unprecedented sufferings of Pakistanis, especially the poor and less privileged, will continue unabated no matter how many Pakistan Days we celebrate, unless the society is restructured on the principles of equity, fairness and justice—the fundamental elements of the constitutional democracy enunciated in Article 3 of the...Read More

Dr. Ikramul Haq Total income tax returns filed till the many times extended date [December 17, 2018] for tax year 2018 were 1,483,020 as compared to 1,756,982 persons on Active Taxpayers’ List (ATL), as per website of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), on the said date for tax year 2017. This shortfall of 273,962 returns...Read More