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Paradise of
Tax
Evasion
and Failure
of World
Bank

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Authored
by
Agha Humayun Amin
ISBN-13: 978-1500729837
ISBN-10: 1500729833
L19aircraft@gmail.com
About the author
A.H Amin studied at Saint Marys Academy Lalazar and
Forman Christian College Lahore and at Pakistan Military
Academy Kakul.
He was commissioned in 11 Cavalry (FF) earlier known
as PAVO Cavalry on 17 March 1983.
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Served in various command , staff and instructional
appointments in the army , finally commanding an
independent tank squadron and retiring from the army
on 05 March 1994.
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His writings were published in Pakistan Armys leading
institutional journals , notably Pakistan Army Journal
and Command and Staff College Quettas Citadel Journal.
He also authored three major tactical publications “
Tactical Handling of Recce Troop “ (1986) , “ Tactical
Handling of Recce Support Group” *(1989 and the “ The
RFS Concept “ (1990).

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His recommendations regarding creation of army
command groups as published as an article in 1998 were
accepted by the Pakistan Army in 2007 when army
commands were created.
His books are essential reading in more than 200
leading libraries of the world including Library of
Congress USA , Combined Arms Research Library of US
Army Command and General Staff College ,Fort
Leavenworth which is worlds largest military library ,US
Army War College Carlisle Library,Defence Intelligence
Agency Library of USA , Columbi University Library , US
Armor School Fort Knox Library,LUMS Library etc.

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He wrote extensively for various journals and
newspapers and also served as Assistant Editor Defence

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Journal , Executive Editor Globe, Founding Editor Journal
of Afghanistan
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Studies and presently as Editor in Chief for “Intelligence
Review”.
He also actively worked as an associate of two leading
think tanks www.orbat.com of Ravi Rikhye and as Fellow
of Alexandrian Defense Group ,USA.
Major Agha H Amin has been invited to lecture and
present papers at various institutions including US Army
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He headed Afghan Toll and Transoxiana two consulting
firms which played keyrole in various Asian Bank and
World Bank electric transmission line studies, notably
CASA 1000,Uzbekistan Afghanistan Pakistan line and
Turkmenistan-Shibirgan –Mazar Sharif line.
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List of Publications and writings
Books
 Development of Taliban Factions in Afghanistan
and Pakistan-Co authored with Prof. Dr. Andre
deGeorges and Colonel David Osinski
 Pakistan's Military Failures -1947 to 2014
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 Tank Battles around Chawinda-Comedy of higher
Command Errors
 How the English East India Company Conquered
India
 Atlas of Battle of Chillianwallah-13 January 1849
 Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59 Reinterpreted
 Pakistan Army through eyes of Pakistani Generals
 Handling of Tanks in Indo Pak Wars
 Atlas and Military History of India Pakistan Wars
(Volume 1)
 The Indian Army in the First World War
 Intelligence Review-Volume 1
 Stanley A. McChrystal , Michael Hastings -
Understanding USAs Afghan War
 Energy Review (March 2014) (Volume 1)
 No More Free Ice Cream Cups for NATO ,EU and
USA-Future Wars Scenarios
 Military Leadership and Decision Making
 Atlas of Battle of Chawinda
 The Indian Army in Second World War
 Pakistan Army, 1971 India Pakistan War and
after
 Atlas of Battle of Chamb 1971
 Atlas of Battles of Assal Uttar and Lahore-1965
 USA, ISI, AL QAEDA and TALIBAN Anatomy of
Grand US Strategic Failure
 IED,Drones and Suicide Bomber Warfare in
Afghanistan and Pakistan
 Counter Terrorism Strategy for Islamic World
 Pakistans Grand Strategic Failures from Jinnah to
Zardari 1916-2013
 A British Siege Bloodier than Sevastopol
 Myths ,Distortions and Misconceptions of India
Pakistan History
 Intelligence Review-Volume Two (Volume Two-
November-December 2013)
 Bolan Pass-A Pictorial Journey
 Khojak Pass

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 Distortions, Misconceptions, Twists, Myths and
Lies about history
 Taliban War in Afghanistan
 The Lucknow Campaign 1857-1858
 History: December Issue ,Volume Two (Volume
2)
 The Kashmir and Northern Area War of 1947-48
 Pakistan Army in East Pakistan Understanding a
bitter conflict
 The Tank Attack that Failed
 Eftikhar Khan Pakistan's half European
Commander and Battle of Chamb 1971
 Operation Grand Slam and 1965 War-Akhtar
Hussain Malik,Yahya Khan and Ayub Khan
 Atlas of 1857-59 WAR
 Why Indian Army and Pakistan Army Failed in
1965 War
 Border Trade Zone Concept
 Military and Security Review-Volume 1
 History (Volume 1)
 The Essential Clausewitz
 Mans Role in History
 Books on Pakistan Reviewed
 Central India Campaign,Hugh Rose ,Tantia Topi
and Jhansi Rani
 The FATA and Swat Wars
 Taliban War in Afghanistan-A Writers
Transformed Perceptions from 2001 to 2011
• Professional Papers
1. Tactical Handling of Recce Troop-1986-Military
Paper.
2. Tactical Handling of Recce Support Group-1989-
Military Paper.
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• Pakistan Army Journal
1. Orders and Obedience -March 1991.
2. The Siege of Delhi -December 1991.
3. Resolution Cardinal Command Virtue -June 1992.
4. Intangible Forces behind a Military Manoeuvre-
June 1993.
• Citadel Magazine-Command and Staff
College Quetta
1. Plain as well as subtle aspects of military
decision making-1/94.
2. Obedience and Disobedience-Another View -
2/97.
3. The Armoured Thrust-An Operational Analysis -
1/98.
4. The Relationship of Organisation to Doctrine and
Conduct of War- 2/98.
• Friday Times
• When the Ranghars Rebelled-February 12-18-
1999.

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• Defence Journal
1. Book Review-History of the Pakistan Army by
BrianCloughley- July 1999.
2. The Sepoy Rebellion- Serialized from July 1999
till April 2002 in 22 issues.
3. The Battle of Chhamb-1971 -September 1999.
4. The Battle of Bara Pind-Jarpal -October 1999.
5. The War of Lost Opportunities- -April and May
2000 .
6. Chillianwalla-The Forgotten British Reverse in
India-July 2000.
7. Stray Reflections on Geopolitics and History
writing-July 2000.
8. Handling of Armour in Indo Pak Wars-A Case
Study-August and October 2000.
9. Behind the Scenes-Book Review- August 2000.
10. Grand Slam-Battle of Lost Opportunities-
September 2000.
11. History of Baluch regiment-Volume –1-Book
Review-October 2000.
12. 1971 War-Tank Ambush at Kushtia- November
2000.
13. The Arms Bazaar-Reflections on Pakistani Arms
Market- November 2000.
14. Pakistan Army-1965-71-November 2000.
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15. History of Baluch regiment-11-Book Review-
November 2000.
16. Hunger Poverty and development-Book Recview-
November 2000.
17. Stray Reflections on Commencement of Writing
Pakistan Army Till 1965- Dec 2000.
18. Ethnicity, Religion, Military Performance and
Reliability-British Recruitment.
19. Policy and the Indian Army-December 2000 and
February 2001.
20. Realism, Heroism, Bravery, Boldness or
Cowardice-January 2001.
21. The 1971 War-An Examination of the Strategic
Concept-January 2001.
22. Some Reflections on 1971 War-A Different
Perspective-February 2001.
23. Some Reflections on 1971 War-A Different
Perspective-February 2001.
24. The Battle of Chawinda-The Comedy of Higher
Command Errors-March 2001.
25. Hitler's Greatest Defeat-Book Review-March
2001.
26. The Relationship of Organisation to Doctrine and
Conduct of War-April 2001.
27. The Forgotten Regiments- May 2001.
28. Indo Pak War s-A Strategic Summing up- May
2001.

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29. Francois's Disobedience at Tannenberg- June
2001.
30. When the 62nd Punjabis saved the Suez Canal-
July 2001.
31. The Anatomy of Indo Pak Wars-A Strategic and
Operational Analysis-August 2001.
32. Gap between perception and reality in higher
leadership-August 2001.
33. 1965 Analysed- September 2001.
34. Audit of Warfare- October 2001.
35. Battle of Ravi Sutlej Corridor- December 2001.
36. The Western Theatre in 1971 War- February
2002.
37. Why Indo Pak Armies Failed in War-May 2004
38- Ongoing Taliban War in Afghanistan-October 2007
• Daily Nation
1. Misperceptions, Contradictions and Enigmas-The
Pakistani Political Scene-23 June 2001.
2. Expectations and Catch 22- 14 July 2001.
3. Endless Sycophancy Goes on- 16 July 2001.
4. The Chemistry of Agra Summit- 21 July 2001.
5. Old Carrots in New Bottles- August 05 2001
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6. Superkamikaze in USA-26 September 2001- 26
September 2001.
7. First Global Low Intensity War-03 October 2001 -
03 October 2001.
8. Short term gains.Long Term Faux Pas-–08 Nov
2001.
9. Games Superpowers Play- 25 December 2001.
10. Fourth Round or Web of Conspiracies- 09 January
2002.
11. Kargil to 2002-28 January 2002.
12. On Different Breeds of Wolves-06 February 2002.
13. A Conspiracy against Pakistan-19 March 2002.
14. The Fourth Military Government-29 April 2002.
15. A Distorted Geopolitical Scenario-17th May 2002.
16. Reducing Pakistan to Size-24th May 2002.
17. Indo Pak Strategic Equation-31 May 2002
18. What USA seeks to destroy -22 June 2002
19. Essence of the Matter – 21 August 2002
20. Dual Central Position-19 April 2003
21. Tejh Singh of Meerut -25 May 2003
22. The Kargil Conspiracy-09 June 2003
23. Betrayal at Camp David-23 June 2003
24. Wars of Opportunism-28 June 2003
25. The so called new US way of war-19 July 2003

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26. The future of Indo Pak Conflict-23 August 2003
27. USA's Strategic Failure-30 August 2003
28. Russia's Strategic Opportunity-06 September
2003
29. Strategic Brilliance-13 September 2003
30. Terrorism or Just War-03 October 2003
31. The Gathering Storm-21 October 2003
32. The Age of Strategic Anarchy-18 November 2003
33. Why Pakistan does not need generals-31
December 2003
34. The Last Remedy-18 January 2004
35. Why Waziristan cannot be conquered-24 January
2004
36. USA's culminating point-14 February 2004
37. Strategy of Opportunism-24 February 2004
38. 2004-Pakistan's Turning Point-06 March 2004
39. Collaboration par excellence-20 March 2004
40. Pakistan's non NATO faux pas-03 April 2004
41. Second Wana-12 May 2004
42. Grand Intelligence Beheading-17 May 2004
43. History Repeated-22 June 2004
44. Afghanistan Kargil and Clifton Bridge-27 June
2004
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45. An indigenous Struggle-19 March 2005
46. USA in Afghanistan-A Long Term Strategic View-12
May 2009
47. US Strategic Plan-28 May 2009
• Globe
1. Interpol-Some Basic Facts -September 2000.
2. At Cold War's End-Book Review -September
2000.
3. Cheka-Lenin's Secret Police -October 2000.
4. Superpowers Defeated-Book Review -February
2001.
5. Indian Muslim Politics-Serialised from February
2001 till September 2001.
6. The Comfort Women-Book Review- March 2001.
7. Life of a Soviet Spy -March 2001.
8. Word and Term Power - serialised from March
2001till September 2001.
9. Country Study-Afghanistan/Taliban -March 2001.
10. A Conspiracy against Pakistan -March 2001 .
11. Man's Role in History - Serialised from April
2001till September 2001.
12. The Dynasty-Book Review -April 2001.
13. The Fearful State-Book Review -April 2001.

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14. The Law of Desire-Book Review -April 2001.
15. Wordpower and Term Power -May 2001.
16. A Princess Remembers-Book Review- May 2001.
17. Shiekh Mujeebs Six Point Formula-Book Review-
May 2001.
18. A Woman Speaks-Book Review- May 2001.
19. Conflict and Violence in Singapore and Malaysia-
Book Review-June 2001.
20. The Jews-Story of a People-Book Review -June
2001.
21. Chekhov-Book Review- June 2001.
22. The Destruction of Democracy in Pakistan-A
Historic Analysis-June 2001.
23. Ethnicity and Politics in Pakistan-Book Review -
July 2001.
24. From Martial Law to Martial Law-Book Review -
July 2001.
25. From Plassey to Pakistan-Book Review -July
2001.
26. Pakistan-Constitutional and Political Dilemmas-
Book review-August 2001.
27. Narcotics and Global Economy-August 2001.
28. The Southern Rules-August 2001.
29. Khaki Shadows-Book Review- September 2002.
30. The Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb-Book
Review-September 2002.
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31. Imperial Rule in Punjab-Book Review-September
2002.
32. Makran Coastal Highway-September 2001.
• Frontier Post
1. The War of Defamation- 19 January 2001.
2. 5 Minutes over Islamabad-October 2008
• Dawn
The Forgotten Regiments- February 4 , 2001.
• News
1. Terrorism or Another Jewish Conspiracy- 22
September 2001.
2. Afghanistan-Myth and Reality- 12 November
2001.
3. Afghan Jihad-Second Round- 16 November 2001.
JOURNAL OF AFGHANISTAN STUDIES
1. Resolving the Durand Line Question-
January 2005

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES
1. Afghanistan – A Strategic Analysis
2. Kargil- A military Analysis
Interviews /Transcript talks of
various personalities
1. Major General Naseerullah Babar –Military
Career-Defence Journal-April 2001.
2. Major General Naseerullah Babar –Political
Career-Globe-May 2001.
3. French Ambassador meets Senior columnists of
Karachi-Globe-April 2001.
4. His Excellency Mr Peter Tejler-Ambassador of
Sweden-Globe-May 2001.
5. HisExcellency Mr Numata-Ambassador of Japan-
Globe-June 2001
6. Admiral Tasnim-Defence Journal-May 2001.
7. Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry-Defence Journal-
June 2001.
8. Brigadier Taj-Defence Journal-July 2001
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9. Maj Gen Hidayat ullah Niazi- Defence Journal-
August 2001
10. Maj Gen Tajammul Hussain Malik- Defence
Journal-September 2001
11. Lieutenant General Imtiaz Warraich- Defence
Journal-October 2001.
12. Lieutenant General Ali Kuli Khan- Defence
Journal¬-December 2001.
13. Brig Shamim Yasin Manto-Defence Journal-
February 2002.
14. Flight Lieutenant Raffat Jamil- Defence Journal-
March 2002.
15. Brigadier Z.A Khan
• Research for following Interviews aired on ARY
Digital between January and April 2002:--
1. Imran Khan.
2. Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah,
3. Senator Iqbal Haider
4. Mr Altaf Saleem,Minister for Privatisation
5. Lieut Gen Hamid Gul
6. Finance Minsister Shaukat Aziz
7. Ex Finance Minister Sartaj Aziz
8. Senator Aitizaz Ahsan

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9. Mr Hafeez Shaikh
10. Mr Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh
11. Lieutenant General Moin Haider
12. Senator Ijaz Shafi
13. General Pervez Musharraf
Introduction
This is not a research thesis nor
academic hair splitting and
pedantry but a simple statement of
facts.
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This is about gross tax evasion in
Pakistan which is a case of a class
of tax evaders and crooks
practically taken over the Pakistani
state progressively since
independence from British rule in
1947.
It is hoped that this work would act
as a primer for more detailed
studies.
Historical Background

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India was conquered by a private British
company known as English East India
Company between 1740 and 1849.
In 1858 English East India Company
was taken over by British Crown and
Indias control passed into hands of
British government.
While English East India Companys
prime objective was profit , British
Indian governments objective was profit
as well as strategic domination of India
and the surrounding region.
While English East India Companys rule
was consolidated through three
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distinctly separate geographic centres
viz Madras,Bengal and Bombay , British
Indian governments political and
military centre of gravity was Northern
India.
Punjab which today constitutes modern
Pakistan .
Punjab of that time which included
present KP Province of Pakistan as well
as Indian Punjab and Haryana and Delhi
(from 1858 to 1911) derived its
importance from its strategic location ,
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its primacy as main recruiting area for
Indian Army after 1885.
Canals were constructed by the English
East India Company for profit.
Thus in 1851 Upper Bari Doabs
excavation from Madhopur Headworks
commenced.
The companys strategic idea was to
create a system of incentives for the
Sikhs who ruled Punjab till 1849 and
offer them a profitable and honourable
replacement in shape of fertile canal
irrigated land as a replacement for their
lost kingdom.
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In words of eminent Punjab
administrator Thorburn the profits
from plough and hoe would
reconcile the disbanded Khalsa to
the loss of sword and Musket.
This first canal known as Upper Bari
Doab Canal was completed in 1861.By
1889 the canals interest account was
cleared as per Thorburn (page-264-The
Punjab in Peace and War- S.S Thorburn
1904).The canal irrigated 800,000 acres
and generated an annual profit of 12 %
on total capital invested to build it ,
which was a million and three quarters
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Similar was the case with various canals
constructed by the British in areas
comprising present Pakistan.
However the scenario changed totally
after creation of Pakistan in 1947.
Aid Seeking State
Pakistan can be rightly termed as an ”
Aid Seeking State” .
Right after its creation Pakistans
founder Mr Jinnah requested US for an
aid package.
As per eminent US-Pakistani analyst Dr
Hamid Hussain :--
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“ (Mr. Jinnah sent a special envoy Mir Laiq Ali to
Washington in September 1947 asking for $2 billion
aid. Mind boggling numbers and complete disconnect on
part of Pakistani leaders when looked in the context that
U.S. had not yet started Marshal plan for war ravaged
Europe. U.S. set aside $4 billion for reconstruction of
whole Europe in April 1948 “.
Since September 1947 Pakistan has
remained an aid seeker state
demanding and mostly getting aid from
worldwide.And in the process Pakistans
various leaders have worked on various
foreign policy initiatives which damaged
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The essential conclusion that I reached
after reading Pakistani history was that
if governed properly Pakistan did not
need any foreign financial aid .
We will start with Pakistans agricultural
sector as an example and use Pakistans
irrigation system as a yard stick to
measure Pakistans phenomenal
agricultural economy of ripping off the
state and gross tax evasion .The figures
are mind boggling .
As earlier stated this is a primer which
aims at drawing academic as well as
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international attention to a mafia culture
based on gross fraud and tax evasion .
Pakistans Economy of Agrcultural
Tax Evasion- Agriculture as classic
Case of tax evasion and corruption
In a brief nutshell the following facts
speak for themselves :--
 The annual revenue assessment of
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province Punjab is 3 Billion
Rupees.Exchange rate of Rupees to
US Dollar is approximately 100
Rupees= 1 USD.
 45 % or less of this 3 Billion
Irrigation tax is actually collected
by the Pakistani state .
 Pakistani state spends annually 6
to 7 Billion Rupees on maintaining
Punjabs irrigation system.So the
state is subsidizing a whole bunch
of some 50 million tax evaders who
are making big money from
agricultural sector.
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 Thus while the state charges Rs
100 per acre or roughly 1 US Dollar
per acre for a six months crop and
thus a total of 2 USD per acre per
annum , a farmer earns something
like 70,000 to 120,000 Rs per
year.In US Dollars this income
comes to 700 USD per acre per
annum to 1200 USD per acre per
annum.This is if he farms his own
land himself.If a farmer is a
absentee landlord and he rents his
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in US Dollars 500 to 700 USD per
acre per annum.
 So a man who earns 500 to 700
USD per acre per annum pays the
state only 2 USD per acre per
annum .And in more than 50 %
cases does not pay this 2 USD per
acre at all.
 At time of independence British
administrators canal revenue tax
collection was from 90 to 100
percent but since independence the
canal revenue decreased from 90
% to some 45 % as of today.
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 In addition there is no other tax on
the farmer who makes 700 to 1200
USD per acre per annum or on the
absentee landlord who makes 500
USD to 700 USD per acre per
annum.
 If even for example 50 USD per
acre tax is charged from Pakistans
agriculturists who farm some
14,417,464 Hectares of land ,
Pakistan would not need any
external aid .
 Now World Bank response was
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insisted that Pakistan privatize its
canal tax collection system.Thus 5
out 17 Superintendent Engineering
Canal circles were privatized.As a
result canal tax collection further
decreased .This was because the
canal management committees
created as a result of the world
bank initiative or more
appropriately world bank faux pas
consisted of landholders who had a
vested interest in tax
evasion.These landholders
controlling private canals resorted
to further malpractises like
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allotting more water to their
favorites while charging them less
or nothing and less water to their
opponents or those who did not
oblige them.
 Mr Javaid Toosy a retired Irrigation
Department officer who I
interviewed stated that British
system of canal revenue
assessment was based on 200
years lessons.Under this system he
said the canal patwari ( assessor)
made meticulous assessments of
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result of World Banks faux pas now
this whole system is being
dismantled and the appointment of
canal patwari which was the
backbone of Irrigation tax system
is altogether being abolished.
 Mr Javaid Toosy also quoted his
teacher Professor Tenton of
University of South Hampton UK
who had assessed in 1990s that
this World Bank scheme would be a
total failure.
Tax Evasion in Industry ,Real
Estate and Stock Market
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 Pakistanis excel in tax evasion in
all other sectors other than
agriculture also. Thus a study by a
private think tank concluded as
below.
 In Pakistan’s 20 years History
Revenue has fallen from 18% to
9% of GDP.This ratio is one of the
lowest in the world. Only some
1600 companies are paying 85 %
of total tax.
 Major multi billion profit making
sectors like stock market , real
estate , services etc are almost
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 2% rich owns 80% of country’s
wealth.
 No new small or medium
indigenous industry can sustain as
they cannot compete with foreign
goods smuggled inside the country
under the guise of Afghan Transit
Agreement etc.
 Non development expenditures has
Increased 350% during this period.
 A corruption of 500 Billion
Rupees/Annum is only in Federal
Bureau of Revenue as admitted by
Pakistans Finance Minister
Shoukat Tareen publicly in 2009.
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FALSE ARGUMENTS OF PAKISTANS
ROLE IN COLD WAR ,WAR ON
TERROR
 Pakistani politicians and
institutional leaders present
various bogus arguments about
Pakistans role in cold war and war
on terror.
 In Cold War Pakistans role was not
as inflated as presented.Almost
half of financial and material aid for
Soviet Afghan War was either
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covert operations like Indian
Kashmir etc.
 Before arrival of foreign aid for
Soviet Afghan War , Pakistans
economy was in real bad
shape.One could not drive from
Pakistans main town of Lahore to
Multan without breaking your cars
shocks. But all became heavens
after December 1979.Pakistani
state despite massive corruption
gained the most in Soviet Afghan
War in terms of foreign aid and
economic growth.
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 In so called war on terror Pakistani
state claims that it suffered huge
economic losses.The real facts are
that Pakistans economy
experienced record growth
between 2001 and 2008.Real
estate prices particularly increased
by 100 to 450 % in various
Pakistani urban areas.
Analysis
1. Pakistans basic issues are (a) Tax
Evasion (b) Lack of foresight and
political will to create hydel power
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have simply no connection with
Pakistans support or claims of
supporting US in so called war on
terror.
2. Pakistans military which claims to
be the real guardian of Pakistans
ideology has played a role in
Pakistans corruption by (a)
Supporting businessmen with
initially no political credentials into
power as in case of Nawaz Sharif in
1977-90 (b) Condoning and
abetting corruption by granting all
corrupt politicians a blanket
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amnesty in 2007 vide Musharrafs
National Reconciliation Ordinance.
3. Pakistans mafia economy of tax
evasion is destabilizing Pakistan
and thus contributing to Pakistans
instability and a choice between a
breakdown like (a) Somalia (b)
Afghanistan or (c) Yugoslavia.
4. Pakistans tax evasion and
corruption system which offers no
hope to its youth is creating a vast
reservoir of potential terrorists and
criminals and within a decade
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5. World Institutions and major
powers need to tackle Pakistans
internal economic issues failing
which Pakistan will remain a major
threat to regional stability in Middle
East and West Asia.
6. So far Pakistans soldiers or
politicians have failed to find any
viable strategic solution to
Pakistans problems.The
international community , great
powers and donor institutions have
also miserably failed to reform
Pakistan.World Bank in lead ,
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which ironically contributed more
to Pakistans chaos than stability.
7. By forcing Pakistani state to levy
indirect taxes on fuel and utilities
World Bank and IMF have actually
acted as catalysts for Pakistans
instability rather than reform.These
institutions are simply not
interested in any sort of tax reform
in Pakistan.
8. See in this context Pakistan will
slide into chaos (a) Fight a war
with its neighbor India possibly a
nuclear war (b) Turn into a

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balknanised unstable state.Thus a
sure diasaster scenario.
9. It is hoped that this small work will
serve as a primer for further
research and constructive policy
making.

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