The words from Pakistan’s top foreign policy adviser could not have been clearer. At a news conference welcoming China’s foreign minister to the Pakistani capital this week, Sartaj Aziz declared, “Pakistan’s relations with China are the cornerstone of our foreign policy.” – Washington Post Pakistan’s unjust taxes: The poorest of the poor pay 80% of taxes collected in Pakistan while the rich, whose total contribution to overall tax revenue does not exceed 5%, enjoy special rights or privileges and a concessionary regime under the country’s unethical tax structure. F.M. Shakil reports that the poor pay huge indirect taxes on utilities, petrol, and mobile communication and Pakistan’s premier tax collection machinery, the Federal Board of Revenue, has failed miserably to widen the country’s tax net. READ THE STORY HERE
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