Pakistan, Sept. 27 -- Every year a large number of legislators-Senators, members of National and Provincial Assemblies-fail to file their annual statements of assets and liabilities to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in time. The ECP, under the law, just temporarily suspends their membership and after filing of the required statements belatedly, the same stands restored. However, when tax directory of parliamentarians is published, name and shame becomes popular topic in TV talk show for a few days and then it also fades away without any impact as Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and ECP takes no action.
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) released 'Parliamentarians' Tax Directory for Tax Year 2018'...