Are there any news items to back these accusations of harassing PPP workers, voters, abusing power, victimising members of every political party etc? or were you living there and are evidence to it?
Isn't Saleem's statement enough, u should be thankful to him for not making you read a 10,000 word post
Re: Section 144 imposed in Sindh
old tactics of ns supporters. when the cant respond with reason and logic, they will divert attention from the topic and indulge in personal attacks.
btw i have paid more tax in one year than ctbt have paid in their lifetimes. and no i dont own properties in mayfair and knightsbridge:
Nawaz and Shahbaz pay no tax
ISLAMABAD: The billionaire club of the Pakistani politicians, including the deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, does not pay any tax Despite having declared assets of Rs 676.8 million of the Sharif family, both the brothers filed a zero income tax and deficit wealth tax returns, last year. This very fact motivated donors to force the authorities to publish tax records of all the parliamentarians and senior bureaucrats, which is due now shortly
Out of every 100 persons of this poor country of 140 million people, only one Pakistani is a taxpayer, and the tax to GDP ratio is not more than 10 per cent, against an average of 18 per cent for the third world countries.
Tax evasion is rampant and, generally, everyone who is some one in this country does not like to pay his or her tax. Agriculture sector is the best example. With its 25 per cent share in the gross domestic product of over Rs 3,000 billion, its share in income tax is mere few hundred million rupee. More than 90 per cent members of the electoral Houses, both at the federal and the provincial level, has a feudal and landlord background. So, they use all their powers to stay out of the tax net.
The industrialists used this provision by holding large agricultural farms to hide their taxable incomes. Traders or retailers, known as shutter power, have also been successful by shutting their business down whenever an attempt was made to tax their incomes.
So, it leaves the burden of tax only on the urban salaried class. This constrained revenue outlook forced the policy-makers in initial years of the 90s to introduce deductions at source on various income streams, including interest incomes, rental income, income of exporters, importers, suppliers, contractors, etc, in shape of withholding and presumptive taxes.
Fixed levies were also introduced either on ownership and trading in assets, like property and automobiles, or on consumption of services, like electricity and telephone. After failure of these attempts, another indirect mechanism of surcharges emerged, largely on petroleum products, and more recently on edible oils. Rather than transferring the benefits of falling prices to consumers, the government found it expedient to pick up the difference as a windfall in revenues.
The tax strategy for the fiscal 1998-99, remained weak and non-innovative that forced the multilateral donors to put their foot down by pressing the government to go for the value-added mode of sales tax. Removal of sectoral exemptions from GST, like services, electricity, gas and POL products has to be announced, and the retailers and fixed taxpayers were brought under a turnover tax regime to nab the potential tax evaders.
These measures were generally, revenue-neutral. Some of these measures were, however, revenue-oriented, like increase in gas and furnace oil prices, GST on packed/ branded food items, and introduction of turnover tax on retailers and fixed taxpayers.
During the caretaker regime of Moeen Qureshi, tax records of various leading politicians were leaked to the press. These records showed that majority of the politicians either filed zero income tax statements, or made partly contributions against their huge declared and undeclared assets. Benazir Bhutto, Farooq Leghari and others were also mentioned in such news reports.
The 11-member family of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif holds a gross wealth of Rs 676.8 million (declared in tax returns). However, Nawaz and Shahbaz paid no income tax or wealth tax to the national exchequer.
Following the modern tradition of large industrial houses, the family of Nawaz Sharif also owns large agricultural farms. Nawaz Sharif himself owns two pieces of land at the Raiwind Road and Mandiali (Sheikhupura), containing 212 Produce Index Units (PIUs).
According to the tax statements of June 30, 1998, total income tax paid by the 11-member Sharif family was just Rs 0.25 million. The family also paid Rs 0.55 million as wealth tax and 0.13 million as agriculture tax raising the total tax payment of the family to Rs 0.94 million. This amount is just a peanut, keeping in view their business empire that actually runs into many billions.
The tax statements declared majority of the industrial concerns in losses and the income tax was computed largely on the salary paid to the directors of the group or on the dividend paid by Chaudhry Sugar Mills. The total income tax, wealth tax and agriculture tax paid by the family, with a gross worth of Rs 676.8 million, was just Rs 0.94 million or a little above 0.1 per cent of the total declared asset value of the family.
The 11-member family includes Mian Muhammad Sharif, Mrs Shamim Akhtar, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Mrs Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Mrs Nusrat Shahbaz, Hamza Shahbaz, Mian Abbas Sharif and Mrs Sabiha Abbas. Majority of the assets were in the name of elders, minors and wives of the Sharifs.
The factories declared by the Sharif family show losses. These industrial units, as shown in the various tax returns include Chaudhry Sugar Mills, Ramzan Sugar Mills Ltd, Mehran Ramzan Textile Mills Ltd, Muhammad Baksh Textile Mills, Hamza Spinning Mills, Hudabiya Paper Mills, Hudabiya Engg (Pvt) Ltd, Hamza Board Mills, Kulsoom Textile Mills, Ittefaq Brothers (Pvt) Ltd, Ilyas Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, Brothers Steel Ltd, Ittefaq Sugar Mills, Khalid Siraj Textile Industries, Ramzan Baksh Textile Mills, Ittefaq Textile Mills, Brothers Textile Mills, Ittefaq Foundries, Khalid Siraj Industries, Barkat Textile Mills, Abdul Aziz Textile Mills, Brothers Sugar Mills and Effective (Pvt) Ltd.
According to the documentary evidence, the deposed prime minister, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif with national tax number (NTN) has declared his income tax liability as 'nil' on June 30, 1998. His total net wealth (as declared) was Rs 2.1 million and total admissible debts were shown at Rs 6.4 million. So his net wealth, according to the tax statement (assets minus admissible debts), would go into deficit.
The income tax liability of Mrs Kulsoom Nawaz was also shown as 'nil'. However, she declared a small amount of eight thousand rupee as tax on dividend from Chaudhry Sugar Mills where she had declared to hold 4,000 shares. The net asset value of Mrs Nawaz was shown at Rs 3.98 million. However, her net wealth was computed at Rs 32 thousand after adjusting admissible loans of Rs 3.95 million. So, she paid Rs 178 only as wealth tax for the year ending June 30, 1998.
The tax return of Mian Shahbaz Sharif shows one thousand rupee tax deducted on dividend received by him from Chaudhry Sugar Mills. He had declared to have 5,000 shares of the unit. Mian Shahbaz also filed a deficit tax return of Rs 4.5 million.
The Big Sharif-Mian Muhammad Sharif declared to have shares of Chaudhry Sugar Mills. Mian Sharif had paid Rs 50102 as his income liability. Father of the prime minister paid Rs 1.96 lac as wealth tax. He also owns 2834 PIUs agricultural land at Feroze Watoan Sheikhupura and Lahore. Mother of the prime minister also paid Rs 60 thousand income tax. She announced to have 18174 PIUs agricultural land in the rural area of Lahore. She paid Rs 131 thousand as agriculture income tax.
SOURCE: Jang-Group October 17, 1999, Karachi
Re: Section 144 imposed in Sindh
^ are 10 years old tax records relevant to the discussion topic? :D
old tactics of ns supporters. when the cant respond with reason and logic, they will divert attention from the topic and indulge in personal attack
So repeating your own words, is a personal attack? You brought the MQM in this discussion by 'fearing' their oppression at the hands of the lawyers, so its tit for tat. Discussing tax records of Nawaz Sharif is relevant to the discussion? Fearing attacks on MQM by the lawyers are (which by the way is laughable).
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btw i have paid more tax in one year than ctbt have paid in their lifetimes. and no i dont own properties in mayfair and knightsbridge:
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Also, about your gloating about how much money you make and how much tax you pay, (which you seem to have done on the other thread too) this is an internet forum buddy, anyone can claim to make such tall claims. One of the MQMites even told us he lost 500,000USD in one day or somethign after Musharraf resigned, but failed to generate any sympathy, because his claims are as valid as Zardari's promises to the nation.
If you really want to come back to the topic at hand, which you actually diverted, there is no discussion, everyone has a right to hold a protest rally and stopping them from doing so is not democratic, its musho-matic.
Re: Section 144 imposed in Sindh
sure, i support mqm. and i support pml-q as well. and i will continue to support those parties who align themselves with pak army. and if mqm committs treason, then i will support army actions against mqm.
as for my kamai, that was through halal means unlike the money made by ctbt. and since i am i am not a namak haram, i will support governments that enabled me to make money through legitimate means.
and yes, pakistanis are allowed to hold protests. but if the protests are initiated by tax evaders in order to protect their ill-gotten gains, then their revolt should be crushed with a iron hand - a tactic employed by ctbt themselves.
musharraf being a gentleman was too nice on these jokers. zardari will deal with them in a zubaan they understand.
sure, i support mqm. and i will continue to support those parties who align themselves with pak army. .
Aah yes, just like how they aligned themselves back in the 90s, by engaging the pak army and torturing its people. MQM has aligned themselves with anyone whose in power (army, nawaz, benazir, zardari), its too small of a party to do anything on its own, just another militant lota party, thats all.
Re: Section 144 imposed in Sindh
sure mate. mqm is as criminal as nawaz league is. i supported crackdown against mqm and i support crackdown against nawaz league.
Re: Section 144 imposed in Lahore
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer has decided to summon the provincial assembly session on March 16. Official sources have said the speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal had called the PA session on March 18 unconstitutionally.
Its getting funnier by the hour! speaker calling session is unconstitutional and governor calling it is constitutional!
They continue to surprise! Molesting constitution. Molesting democracy. Molesting the country.
sure mate. mqm is as criminal as nawaz league is. i supported crackdown against mqm and i support crackdown against nawaz league.
Challo, lets assume it is. So you do admit you support a criminal/terrorist organization, and would fund it using your 'halaal ki kamayi'? If they are criminal, why do you fear the 'lawyers' going after them? I thought lawyers are supposed to go after crooks and criminals.
Section 144 in NWFP now - Govt Clueless
Following Punjab and Sindh :hehe:
After the government’s clampdown on the lawyers’ long march in Sindh and Punjab, the crackdown has also been launched in NWFP. The section 144 was imposed in Charsadda, Nowshehra and Abbottabad. In Abbottabad, DCO Syed Zahir-ul-Islam promulgated the section 144. Pakistan Muslim League-N UC Nazim Haji Javed Khan was arrested. Meanwhile, police continued to arrest political leaders and lawyers in Peshawar. PML-N secretary general Zafar Iqbal Jhagra, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Bashir Ahmed and Sabir Hussain Awan have been put under house arrest today. Police conducted a raid at the residence of Jamaat-e-Islami NWFP Ameer Siraj-ul-Haq, however he was not at home. PML-N leaders Khadim Ali and Abdus Sattar were taken into custody while secretary general Peshawar High Court Bar, Essa Khan was arrested. In Mansehra, protest rallies and display of arms were banned under section 144. Police arrested PML-N city general secretary Inayat-ur-Rehman and Pakistan Tehreek Insaf leader Niaz Khan. In Nowshehra, JI leader Zafar-ul-Islam Farooqui and over 70 political workers have been arrested. The president of Peshawar High Court Bar Abdul Lateef Afridi was put under house arrest.