Ghulam Ishaque Khan used to say that governments are run on revenues generated by imposition of taxes on the rich and the monied class.
Isn’t it a pity that members of our elite class who live in palatial houses, whose children study either in those schools in this country which charge tuition fee in dollars or study abroad, whose fair sex often go to Dubai for shopping where they also own spacious villas, the car porch of whose castle-like bungalows are parked with more than one luxury cars, who go on pleasure trips to Europe or Emirates every year are not taxed on their actual income.
The Income tax advisors maneuver to save them from paying actual income tax by legal hairsplitting,
It is said that behind every big fortune lies a great crime. One of the modus operandi of the filthy rich in this country is that they manage to get in the corridor of power by hook or crook in every election by heavily investing in the party funds of political party they consider to have great chance to win at the hustings once they become almoner of any party they automatically become blue eyed boys of that party and it becomes easy for them to get party ticket in election to either provincial assembly ,national assembly or Senate.
They realize that if they are on the right side of the winning party in elections they might get ministries too and no person then will have the courage to ask questions from them about the way through which they had come into big money. While sitting in the assembles they get an opportunity to legislate those laws which are more elite- friendly than poor friendly. Since politics is considered to be the most profitable business in the country one witnesses the business tycoons cuddling up to the heads of political parties.
