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Dr Ikramul Haq

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Iran Conflict And The Return Of Great Power Politics

Iran Conflict And The Return Of Great Power Politics

Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilisation that has...

21.03.2026 90

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Why Secrecy Around Lawmakers’ Wealth Threatens Pakistan’s Democracy

14.03.2026 30

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

How The US-Israel Assault On Iran Endangers World Peace

“President Trump has also been very consistent. Crazy regimes like Iran, hell-bent upon Islamic delusions, cannot have nuclear weapons. It is common...

07.03.2026 80

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Pakistan’s Export Tax Shift: How Advance Revenue Extraction Threatens Industrial Growth

In periods of fiscal stress, states often confront a choice: either reform the structure of revenue generation or intensify extraction from the most...

28.02.2026 20

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Pakistan’s Tax Trap: How High Taxes Without Welfare Are Strangling Growth

“We are not a welfare state; we lack the institutional nervous system, the documentation, and the moral contract to sustain one. Yet, our fiscal...

21.02.2026 100

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Why Faiz still matters in our transactional world

At first glance, Faiz Ahmad Faiz may appear distant from the hard arithmetic of today’s world—markets, balance sheets, power blocs, and economic...

15.02.2026 100

Business Recorder

Dr Ikramul Haq

Fallacies behind super tax validation

“Power to levy taxes is a sine qua non for a State. In fact, it is an attribute of sovereignty of a State…it must be exercised strictly in...

11.02.2026 20

Business Recorder

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Balochistan’s Crisis: How Denial, Security Policy And Injustice Undermine Pakistan

09.02.2026 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

When Income Is Taxed Twice: Constitutional Limits And The Super Tax Debate

07.02.2026 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Super Tax, Senate Bypass, And The FCC’s Constitutional Misreading

31.01.2026 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Constitution, Gilgit-Baltistan And FBR: When Administration Replaces Citizenship

24.01.2026 60

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Low-Growth Trap: Why Debt, Taxes, And Reform Narratives Keep Failing

17.01.2026 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Fiscal Crisis: Debt, Tax Failures, And The Urgent Need For 2026 Reforms - Part 2

10.01.2026 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Fiscal Crisis: Debt, Tax Failures, And The Urgent Need For 2026 Reforms

03.01.2026 100

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Eighteenth Anniversary Of Benazir Bhutto: Resisting Militancy, Legacy Of Leadership

27.12.2025 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Fiscal Crisis: NFC, Federal Overreach And the Betrayal Of Devolution

20.12.2025 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Centralised Power And Historical Crises: Lessons From 1971 To Today

16.12.2025 20

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Pakistan’s Judiciary Faces Historic Challenges After 27th Amendment

13.12.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Judiciary: From Resistance To Relapse And Constitutional Weakening

06.12.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s 26th And 27th Amendments: A Grave Threat To Judicial Independence

29.11.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Taxation, Black Money, And Informal Economy: Strategies For Pakistan’s Economic Growth

22.11.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Faiz Ahmad Faiz And Pablo Neruda: Poets Of Resistance, Humanity, And Struggle For Justice

20.11.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Struggle With Dictatorial Legacies, Elite Control, And Democratic Collapse

17.11.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Constitution, dictators, and cronies

Why is it so difficult to undo the legacy of dictators in Pakistan, even after clear mandates of people given through elections? Why every time in...

16.11.2025 40

Business Recorder

Dr Ikramul Haq

27th Amendment from CPE lens

16.11.2025 50

The News on Sunday

Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Tax Crisis: Low Revenues, IMF Pressures, And The Failure Of Fiscal Policy

15.11.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Understanding The Tax–GDP Ratio And Its Determinants In Economic Development

08.11.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Tax Policy Crisis: Revenue Obsession And The Failure Of Reform

01.11.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

NEPRA’s Forensic Audit Exposes Collapse And Corruption In Pakistan’s Power Sector

25.10.2025 10

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Custodial standards for crypto assets

19.10.2025 10

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Democracy In Crisis: Time For Bold Reforms And Accountable Leadership

18.10.2025 80

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Pakistan’s Broken Gamble In Afghanistan

11.10.2025 40

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State of water management

05.10.2025 50

The News on Sunday

Dr Ikramul Haq

Unified Tax Reforms: Reviving Pakistan’s Fiscal Stability And Economic Self-Reliance

04.10.2025 10

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Energy Betrayal: Decades Of Mismanaged Contracts Cast Shadow On Nation

27.09.2025 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Smuggling, Scams And Cover-Ups: FBR’s Deepening Customs Crisis

23.09.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Ghost protection, real floods

21.09.2025 20

The News on Sunday

Dr Ikramul Haq

Where Did The Climate Billions Go?

13.09.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Fixing Pakistan’s Fiscal Woes Through Smarter Tax Administration

08.09.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

India Turns Water Into A Weapon, While China Builds Trust

30.08.2025 40

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Dr Ikramul Haq

How Pakistan’s 2022 Floods Exposed Corruption And Incompetence

23.08.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

How Empty Slogans Replaced Nation-Building In Pakistan’s Planning Commission

16.08.2025 10

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Pakistan At 78: Quaid’s Egalitarian Dream Unfulfilled

14.08.2025 30

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Dr Ikramul Haq

From stability to equitable growth

10.08.2025 30

The News on Sunday

Dr Ikramul Haq

Call For President Trump’s Leadership In Himalayan Glacier Protection And Climate Diplomacy

09.08.2025 10

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Dr Ikramul Haq

How IMEEC Helped Ignite The Gaza War

02.08.2025 10

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Excessive and regressive taxation

27.07.2025 60

The News on Sunday

Dr Ikramul Haq

Redirect £192m To Balochistan's Youth, Not Islamabad's Buildings

26.07.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Shale Gas Could Save Pakistan’s Economy If The State Wakes Up

23.07.2025 50

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Misunderstood Pakistan: A Nation Held Hostage By Its Image

19.07.2025 20

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Dr Ikramul Haq