Dr Ikramul Haq

Dr Ikramul Haq

  • Pakistan’s crypto potential

    Pakistan’s crypto potential

    Pakistan’s relationship with crypto has been anything but commonplace. The country once stood among those that moved quickly to ban...

  • Terrorism and drug trade

    Today marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This worldwide observance was decided by the UNGA in 1987 to raise...

  • The forgotten promise

    “The state shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfilment of the fundamental principle, from each according...

  • Taxation and inflation

    The Federal Board of Revenue has claimed collection of net revenue of Rs4,493 billion in the first eight months of the current financial year...

  • Phony wars

    June 26 marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The theme for 2021 is ‘Share facts on drugs, save lives’....

  • Illicit cigarette trade

    “Only two companies pay 98 percent of total tax . The remaining 40 percent companies pay meagre two percent tax” – Prime Minister Imran...

  • Resolve for Pakistan

    The resolution of March 23, 1940 paved the way for a separate homeland for the Muslims of India after a long-drawn struggle against colonial...

  • Unconstitutional levy

    The PTI government on June 26, 2020 to the utter surprise and dismay of all increased the prices of all petroleum products substantially; it is...

  • Budgeting in a pandemic

    Adviser to the PM on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, in a press release issued on May 18, 2020, noted that while preparing the next...

  • Judicial challenges

    With the appointment of Justice Gulzar Ahmad as the 27th chief justice of Pakistan on December 21, 2019, there are expectations that the...

  • A new tax agency

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on October 3, 2019 approved an ambitious three-year plan to conduct nationwide surveys for tax assessment, evaluating...

  • Politics and drugs

    Today, June 26, 2019 marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Each year the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...

  • Raising Rs10 trillion

    The prime minister of Pakistan, in his brief address to nation on June 10, 2019 – a day before the announcement of the budget for fiscal year...

  • Journey to judicial reforms

    In his address on January 17, Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa said: “There are about 1.9 million cases pending in the country before all the...

  • Wealth creation and poverty

    Speaking at a function held by the Pakistan Business Council on December 13, 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan stressed the need for wealth creation...

  • A place called home

    It is unfortunate that since Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, his ‘flagship project’ aimed at...

  • Fear of freedom

    The blatant acts of terrorism against the US on September 11, 2001 jolted the entire world. These attacks raised important questions about the...

  • A dangerous nexus

    Every survey done since the promulgation of the Prohibition Order, 1979, shows that our nation has persistently sunk deeper into narco-terrorism...

  • Article 62 and parliament

    Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa in Ishaq Khan Khakwani and Others v Mian Nawaz Sharif & Others : “…..the vague, uncertain, obscure and conflicting...