In 2014, G20 countries adopted new High Level Principles on Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Brisbane, declaring "financial transparency, in particular the transparency of beneficial ownership of legal persons and arrangements…
The way the fiscal situation in the country is expected to shape up in view of the developments anticipated over the next few years on the economic front due to…
In majority tax frauds, the usual parties are the official(s) and the taxpayer(s). Cases where unilateral tax fraud is committed are rare such as using fictitious bank account(s) to obtain…
The passing of Foreign Assets (Declaration and Repatriation) Act, 2018, the Voluntary Declaration of Domestic Assets Act, 2018, promulgation of the Assets Declaration Ordinance, 2019 and later enacted as the…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to add stricter anti-corruption clauses to its already long list of conditionalities to all its future loan arrangements. The Fund has made promises…
Accusing the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) officials of `misusing authority, harassing and blackmailing doctors` at a press conference held on Friday, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) demanded that the government…
Cultivating bonsai takes effort, the right tools, and time to limit the growth of what would be a massive tree so it will exist in a small container. Controlling corruption…
‘ANTI-CORRUPTION drive’ has been the primary slogan of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s movement for naya Pakistan with the promise of across-the-board accountability to cleanse the system of the proverbial cancer…
AS a moral issue, sleaze evokes strong emotions. However, moral lenses don’t provide solutions; instead, they create a furious though infeasible demand for its quick end, which hidden Pakistani forces…
The UK is integral to Pakistan's anti-corruption effort, and London would be well-advised to help Pakistan achieve its objectives, say Tom Keating and Anton Moisejenko of Centre for Financial Crime…
