Budget 2012-13: Agri-tax and broader net proposed

Taxing agriculture, service sectors and throwing in a broader tax net is a requirement for Pakistan’s economic growth

ISLAMABAD: Taxing agriculture and service sectors and throwing in a broader tax net is a requirement for Pakistan’s economic growth, the view of the speakers on a Pakistan Television programme on pre-budget proposals that plans to carpet a road map for the coming decade. Speaking on the show Pakistan State Oil Chairman of board of directors Sohail Wajahat proposed that the government should allocate budget for the Public Sector Development Programme in the coming fiscal budget.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 26^th, 2012.