Half of Pakistani lawmakers do not pay tax - report


  • World
  • Monday, 23 Dec 2013

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nearly half of Pakistan's lawmakers do not pay taxes, according to a study released on Monday, findings that may endanger the billions of dollars in IMF and other loans and aid shoring up a faltering economy.

Cracking down on rampant tax evasion is a main condition of a $6.7 billion International Monetary Fund programme aimed at stabilising the nuclear-armed U.S. ally of 180 million people.

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