The Merger and tax issues
The passage of Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 2018 ["31st Constitutional Amendment"] by Senate and National Assembly, its adoption by the Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [by vote of 92 to 7]…
Will Fata be lost to history again?
In the 1800s, the area previously known as Fata was strategically nestled between Afghanistan and the British Empire. These were the days of the Great Game – a chess match…
There’s need to remove confusion — II
It is strange that Sindh and Punjab Assemblies, while enacting the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund Act, 2014 and Punjab Workers Welfare Act 2019, respectively, failed to realise that entities having…
Recouping tax losses judiciously — I
“Judicial overreach is when the judiciary starts interfering with the proper functioning of the legislative or executive organs of the government. This is totally uncharacteristic of the role of the…
Erroneous tax exemptions
The twenty-fifth Amendment in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, officially called 'The Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018', previously named as 'The (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 2018', was passed by…
Rethinking Fata
The Ilaqa-e-Ghair – the alien territory – is no longer ghair (alien). Through the 31st Amendment to the constitution, parliament ended Fata’s ‘special’ status last week. It is an occasion…
A thousand dreams
It may sound surprising to many but the reality is that the most important news from the last week is not Karachi-related. The excitement built around the pulling down of…
Undesirable legislation
Just a day before the start of session of National Assembly on March 24, 2014, the government resorted to undesirable legislation - promulgation of Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 through…
Undesirable legislation
Just a day before the start of session of National Assembly on March 24, 2014, the government resorted to undesirable legislation - promulgation of Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 through…
