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

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

NEPRA’s Forensic Audit Exposes Collapse And Corruption In Pakistan’s Power Sector
25.10.2025 6

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

18.10.2025 100

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Broken Gamble In Afghanistan

Pakistan’s Broken Gamble In Afghanistan
11.10.2025 30

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

04.10.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

27.09.2025 30

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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

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 50

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

India Turns Water Into A Weapon, While China Builds Trust

30.08.2025 30

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

How Pakistan’s 2022 Floods Exposed Corruption And Incompetence

23.08.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

16.08.2025 9

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan At 78: Quaid’s Egalitarian Dream Unfulfilled

14.08.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

09.08.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

How IMEEC Helped Ignite The Gaza War

02.08.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

26.07.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

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

23.07.2025 60

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Misunderstood Pakistan: A Nation Held Hostage By Its Image

19.07.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Provinces Fail To Mobilise Property Tax, Deepening Pakistan’s Fiscal Crisis

12.07.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Elite Capture And Tax Evasion: Pakistan’s Agricultural Income Tax Crisis

05.07.2025 50

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Budget 2025: A Manifesto For The Ashrafiya, A Burden For The People

28.06.2025 90

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Narcotics, Money Laundering, And Dirty Power: Pakistan’s Untold Drug Economy

21.06.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Budget 2025: Rationalise Taxation For Growth And Employment Generation

31.05.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Taxing The Many, Exempting The Few: Pakistan’s Broken Tax System

24.05.2025 40

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Budget 2025: Reforming Pakistan’s Tax Regime For Equity, Growth, And Self-Reliance

17.05.2025 50

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Unconstitutional Taxation: How Pakistan’s Executive Is Undermining Parliament And The Constitution

10.05.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

A New Tax Model For Pakistan: Fair Rates, Unified Collection, And Inclusive Growth

03.05.2025 40

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Political Economy Of Tax Reforms

26.04.2025 7

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Tax Justice For The Middle Class: Why Budget 2025 Must Prioritise Salaried Workers

19.04.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Taxing The Untaxed: Why Pakistan’s Fiscal Crisis Demands Structural Reform, Not Cosmetic Fixes

12.04.2025 50

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Need For New Income Tax Law

05.04.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Parasitic Elites Of A Predator State    

29.03.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan Day 2025: A Call For Reforms, Justice, And True Democracy

22.03.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

FBR’s Frivolous Appeals: A Crisis In Judicial Efficiency And Taxpayer Justice

15.03.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Tax Crisis: Bridging The Gap Through Structural Reforms

08.03.2025 30

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Revamping Pakistan’s Tax System: The Urgent Need For Structural Reforms

01.03.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Tax Reforms And Fiscal Decentralisation: A Path To Economic Growth In Pakistan

22.02.2025 40

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Faiz Ahmad Faiz: A Revolutionary Poet And Voice Of The Oppressed

13.02.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Revamping Pakistan’s Fiscal Policy: Reforms For Sustainable Growth

08.02.2025 30

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan's Tax Crisis: Low Compliance, FBR Shortfalls, And The Struggle For Revenue Growth

01.02.2025 9

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Pakistan's Tax Paradox: Stagnant Collections, Rising Burdens, And Worsening Inequity

25.01.2025 30

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

FBR's Call For Budget 2025-26 Proposals: Constitutional Challenges And Tax Policy Reforms

18.01.2025 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

FBR: Persistent Dismal Performance 

11.01.2025 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

FBR’s Persistent Failures And The Urgent Need For Comprehensive Tax Reforms In Pakistan

The low degree of accountability of expenditures has made the revenue collection system more vulnerable to frequent restructuring. Placing...

04.01.2025 6

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

2025: Tax Policy For Growth & Prosperity  

The just ending of 2024 witnessed the pathetic and disappointing performance of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and provincial tax agencies in...

28.12.2024 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Understanding The Legacy Of Benazir  

27 December 2024 marks the seventeenth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. She sacrificed her life courageously while resisting the agenda of...

27.12.2024 4

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Anti-People & Anti-Business Taxation! 

The government…introduced a bill in the National Assembly seeking to ban the purchase of cars, properties, and the opening of bank accounts by “...

21.12.2024 7

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Tax Extraction In The Era Of Digitisation

The Ministry of Finance informed the National Assembly that more than Rs. 3.38 trillion has been collected from mobile phone users over the period...

16.12.2024 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Punjab: Unconstitutional Taxation 

“Although the Punjab Assembly passed the Agriculture Income Tax Amendment Act of 2024, it fell below the desired target of raising the agriculture...

08.12.2024 8

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Defiance And State Repression

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) convoy, led by Bushra Bibi, the wife of Imran Khan, is approaching Islamabad's Zero Point, which has been taken...

30.11.2024 8

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Dr. Ikramul Haq