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Pakistan elections: How the tax man was forced out—for being too good at his job
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 6:00PM BST 04 May 2013 | Rob Crilly

Posted on 05/04/2013 6:28:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai

In a country where almost no one pays income tax, including more than two thirds of MPs, it only took seven months for Ali Arshad Hakeem to become a hated man. As Pakistan’s newly minted chief taxman, he built a database designed to monitor the spending habits of millions of people, and work out how much tax they owed. …

This quiet, technocratic revolution came to a juddering halt last month, when Mr. Hakeem was suspended by judges over allegations that his appointment breached government rules that demand each job be filled from a shortlist of three.

In Pakistan’s murky world of political appointments and patronage systems, few believe that was the real reason. Instead, his supporters say he was simply too successful in forcing people to pay more taxes. In other words, he was too good at doing his job. A recent report by Pakistan’s Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that President Asif Ali Zardari and Rehman Malik, interior minister until mid-March when the government stepped down ahead of next week’s elections, were among those politicians who paid nothing. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: oldboysclub; pakistan; pockiston; taxman
Looks like the president thinks he is above the law.
1 posted on 05/04/2013 6:28:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Muzzies need to pay their fair share too.


2 posted on 05/04/2013 6:40:51 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Why should they when Uncle Infidel will just pick up the tab.


3 posted on 05/04/2013 6:44:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Olog-hai
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan
 
 
Burn it, and then GTFO.

4 posted on 05/04/2013 8:21:27 PM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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