Illegal, ill-advised and unconstitutional Dr. Ikramul Haq[*] The Central Board of Revenue (CBR), apex administrative authority responsible for collection of federal taxes, has come up with an innovative way to realise its targets fixed for sales tax by penalizing…
Budget & Ashrafiya
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military brass, top civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust and their cronies in politics, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and so-called spiritual leaders (sic), media tycoons…