Today marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This worldwide observance was decided by the UNGA in 1987 to raise...
“The state shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfilment of the fundamental principle, from each according...
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...
June 26 marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The theme for 2021 is ‘Share facts on drugs, save lives’....
“Only two companies pay 98 percent of total tax . The remaining 40 percent companies pay meagre two percent tax” – Prime Minister Imran...
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...
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...
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...
With the appointment of Justice Gulzar Ahmad as the 27th chief justice of Pakistan on December 21, 2019, there are expectations that the...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on October 3, 2019 approved an ambitious three-year plan to conduct nationwide surveys for tax assessment, evaluating...
Today, June 26, 2019 marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Each year the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...
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...
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...
Speaking at a function held by the Pakistan Business Council on December 13, 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan stressed the need for wealth creation...
It is unfortunate that since Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, his ‘flagship project’ aimed at...
The blatant acts of terrorism against the US on September 11, 2001 jolted the entire world. These attacks raised important questions about the...
Every survey done since the promulgation of the Prohibition Order, 1979, shows that our nation has persistently sunk deeper into narco-terrorism...
Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa in Ishaq Khan Khakwani and Others v Mian Nawaz Sharif & Others : “…..the vague, uncertain, obscure and conflicting...
“The ‘Paradise Papers’ have once again highlighted the failure of governments around the world to deal with the scourge of tax...
All economists agree that a good tax system is one that raises money with minimal distortion to the economy. In Pakistan, the tax system is the main...
June 26 marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. It is observed to raise awareness about the dangers of drug abuse to...
The main faultline of Budget 2017-18 is the failure to provide a roadmap for self-reliance to collecting taxes as per the real tax potential and...
The majority of Pakistanis will certainly be dejected after hearing the budget speech of Ishaq Dar on May 26, 2017. This is not because there will...
The two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing on May 14-15, 2017. The event, attended by Prime Minister Mian...
In a social democracy, taxes play an important role: parliament possesses the exclusive power to levy them and citizens pay the amount to the state...
Since political parties generally flout laws and rules, their claims to protect and promote democratic values sound clichéd to all. This...
An extensive debate is going on in the media and elsewhere about the laws related to disqualification of elected members of parliament, especially...
With the appointment of Justice Saqib Nisar as the 25th chief justice of Pakistan on December 31, 2016, there are expectations that the much-needed...
“The purpose of celebrating the 150th anniversary is that we want to make people aware that the judiciary is active to protect their rights...
Long before the Bahamas and Panama leaks, many cases of unlawful capital outflows, tax avoidance and corruption by public officeholders and others...
The Bahamas leaks, with the names of many Pakistani businessmen, officials and offspring of politicians allegedly doing clandestine/suspicious...
Since the ghastly attacks on the twin towers at New York on September 9, 2001, humanity at large has been continuously facing threats of terrorism...
The lack of democratic values within political parties is a perpetual weakness of our system. Dominated by individuals, parties openly defy laws...
“All public power is a sacred trust, which is to be exercised fairly, justly, honestly and in accordance with law”. – Supreme...
June 26 marks the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The day was decided by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987...
With the announcement of the budget for FY2016-17, it has again been established that our budget-makers, no matter under what regime, consciously or...
The tug of war on forming a commission under the Pakistan Commissions of Inquiry Act 1956 or under a special law, the ‘Panama Papers Act...
The prime minister of Pakistan, in his second address to the nation on April 22, 2016 on the allegations arising from the Panama Leaks, has made it...
A heated debate is going on in the media, parliament and elsewhere, revolving around the best way to investigate the disclosures contained in the...
In the wake of ‘Panama Papers: Politicians, Criminal & Rogue Industry That Hide Their Cash’, heated debates at home and abroad are...
March 9, 2007 was, undoubtedly, a tragic day in our history. The Chief Justice of Pakistan was barred from performing his duties, as a reference...
According to the spokesman of the Federal Board of Revenue , the collection of Rs1,664 billion till February 15 – against collections of...
The federal government has imposed fixed sales tax per litre on all petroleum products with effect from February 1, 2016, violating the statutory...
In a recent report, ‘Unlocking Pakistan’s Tax Revenue Potential’, released on December 4, 2015, the International Monetary Fund...
