Hamaray Han Jo Nokari Karte Hain Woh Tax Dete Hain, Miftah Ismail

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00:00The requirements are not in line with that.

00:02For example, the sacrifices that have been made to reduce the number of people,

00:08the sacrifices that have been made to the people, the sacrifices that have been made to the industry,

00:11unemployment has increased a lot.

00:13The growth of our economy is not increasing.

00:19So, our children who are growing up and going to work are becoming unemployed.

00:24So, the government has not made any sacrifices, it has only made sacrifices to the people.

00:29Even now, there are talks in the budget that there will be a development program of 1200 to 1500 billion rupees

00:35in which the MNAs give projects, etc.

00:38So, this is not a suitable thing.

00:40At the moment, you should reduce the expenses so that there is less loss and the State Bank has to print less money

00:46so that the notes are printed less and so that there is less inflation.

00:49The government is only leaving the State Bank and the State Bank is keeping so much interest rate that the economy is sitting.

00:59So, as a result of the high interest rate set to reduce inflation, you have said that

01:04unemployment and poverty have increased significantly, unfortunately.

01:07And the sacrifices have not only been made by the private sector and the taxpayers.

01:10However, that brings us to the million dollar question.

01:12Why did the loyal government not put its share in this sacrifice?

01:16And why did it not take any steps to do so?

01:18The expenses are increasing non-stop.

01:21We are creating heavy losses.

01:23And those who are going to work, I was told, when we interviewed the Finance Minister,

01:28that the NFC will be revisited.

01:30It was not done.

01:31There was no meeting.

01:32My request is that this government should be afraid of its own shadow.

01:36And we all know how many mandates they have brought.

01:39It is obvious that they work in fear.

01:42And it was necessary at that time that you have to change the NFC award.

01:47You will have to give these two taxes of property and interest to the loyal government.

01:52And you will have to reduce the money that the loyal government is giving to the provinces.

01:55They will not do it.

01:5610 crore people will leave you now.

01:58At the end of this year, how many more people will you put in poverty?

02:02But Mr. Miftai, tell us,

02:04it is still being discussed that instead of broadening the tax net to include big landlords or rich city dwellers,

02:13this year also there is an effort to collect taxes.

02:15Once again, manufacturing industry, pensioners, salaried class, employees,

02:18all attention has been focused on them.

02:20That is, only the middle class and pensioners will be taxed on manufacturing and corporations.

02:27And once again, textile industry is demanding the comparable tariff of Tawanai.

02:34IMF has ruled out all these exemptions and amnesties.

02:37And has said that they will not tolerate this.

02:39GST is also being discussed on the sale of spices.

02:41More taxes are being imposed on petrol and diesel.

02:44So, when the loyal government will now impose 18% sale tax on spices, milk, powder and other necessities,

02:49what will the people do, sir?

02:51Where will they go and bang their heads?

02:52What will they do?

02:54Look, Mehar, there are two principles of taxation.

02:58One is called horizontal equity.

03:00All the people who earn money, if they have equal salary or equal income,

03:04they should be taxed equally.

03:06In our case, if you are a job seeker, you have to pay tax.

03:09If you are a shopkeeper, you don't have to pay tax.

03:12If you have thousands of acres of land, you don't have to pay tax.

03:16So, you have violated the rule of horizontal equity.

03:20The second principle is vertical equity.

03:22Those who have more money should pay more tax.

03:25Even as a proportion of their income.

03:27We are not able to do that.

03:29We don't take tax from those who own properties worth billions of rupees.

03:34But we are saying that we will impose sales tax on medicines.

03:37We are saying that we will increase sales tax by 1%.

03:40I mean, if a driver or a shopkeeper buys a soap,

03:44we were saying earlier to pay 18%.

03:47Now, we are saying to pay 19%.

03:49This is what I am saying, Mr. Katakalami.

03:51Mr. Katakalami, if you increase 45% tax on the existing salary class,

03:57they are pressed against the wall.

04:01How will they live?

04:02Retail, wholesale, trade tax, real estate tax, agriculture, transport tax,

04:06tax on professionals, smuggling, under-invoicing.

04:09Why are they not paying attention to these things?

04:11Why are there no cuts in government expenditures?

04:13Why are state-owned enterprises not being shut down?

04:15Why are pensions not being replaced?

04:17How will all this debt be repaid?

04:19You have been a part of the system.

04:21What is the problem, sir?

04:22Look, the problem is that there are around 10 politicians in our system.

04:28So, what you are talking to me about,

04:30smuggling, under-invoicing,

04:32other things that you are talking about,

04:34and you are talking about the cream, utility prices,

04:36electricity bills,

04:38we don't listen to the politicians.

04:40We only listen that I will catch this,

04:42they will catch that, etc.

04:44This is one thing.

04:45The second thing is that

04:47it should be the will of the politicians to sit down.

04:50These are people's parties.

04:51They are sitting in Wafaaq.

04:52They are sitting in the highest positions of Wafaaq,

04:57of the chairman senate of this institution.

05:00So, it is their duty and Noon's duty.

05:03Nothing stops Noon from calling his committee,

05:06setting up a new committee for the NFC award and starting a meeting.

05:09Maybe there will be a decision, maybe not,

05:11but at least it is important to say this.

05:13The second thing is that we saw that

05:15when General Bajwa sahab had to give the first extension,

05:20340 people voted out of the 350 people in the assembly.

05:24So, when we have to do something

05:26and we feel that it is very important for the country,

05:29then all the politicians sit down.

05:32So, it is possible that the NFC should make the politicians aware of this,

05:36that do this thing,

05:38otherwise poverty will continue to increase in the country.

05:40If Wafaaq happens on the eve of Diwali,

05:44then how can the provinces and the country progress?

05:48If they don't understand this,

05:50then Pakistan is behind Bangladesh,

05:52India, Sri Lanka, Nepal.

05:56Now, Afghanistan is behind us.

05:58May Allah bless you.

05:59Thank you very much.

06:00Mirta Ismail was with us.

06:01You heard the conversation.

06:02Very short break.

06:03We are going to be right back.

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