Pakistan, April 27 -- Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan has declared the Track & Trace system, a digital monitoring system to curb tax evasion, a complete fraud to the nation and economy.

The Track & Trace system, a digital monitoring initiative implemented in 2019 to combat tax evasion, was initially introduced in the cigarette industry and later expanded to other sectors such as fertilizers and sugar.

However, during a cabinet meeting, Sharif expressed his disappointment with the system's performance, stating that it failed to deliver the expected benefits in the cigarette industry.

"The system was nothing but a cruel joke on the nation," Sharif said, adding that the agreement for the Track & Trace system was made in 2019, but ...