Over 160 Pakistani Lawmakers Including Federal Ministers Evading Taxes, Reveals Report

According to Pakistan’s Parliamentary Tax Directory for the year 2018, only 847 parliamentarians out of 1,170 paid taxes of around 1.6Bln rupees ($9Mln). The directory has the tax returns of 1,008 lawmakers but the returns for 161 were left blank and some names were missing altogether. Directories for 2019-20 and 2020-2021 have yet to be released.