New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s failure to carry out tax reforms has left its tax base narrowing over the years, resulting in shrinking revenues for the government to implement welfare schemes for the poor. As the country prepares for a new budget for FY27, there is little hope that things will improve, going by the past track record, according to local media reports.“Every budget over the past 10 years (and more) is pretty much the same with minor differences usually in the gimmickry be…
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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s latest revision of property valuation tables by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has once again exposed the formidable influence of the real estate sector and the state’s limited ability to enforce meaningful tax reforms in this domain, a report has said. What was initially presented as a move to bring official land values closer to prevailing market rates has, over time, been steadily watered down through a series of reversals, suspensions and concess…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) announcement of a $10 billion credit for Pakistan over five years highlights the country’s continued reliance on external funding even as its peer nations grow out of such dependencies, a new report has said.”Experts have noted that countries once considered Pakistan’s peers are now able to self-finance growth, while we need to borrow to pay for basic infrastructure development,” the report from The Express Tribune noted.The finan…