Jawad Shah
The writer is a Research Fellow in Economics at Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, Said Business School. He is also a civil servant who is affiliated with the Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan for two decades. His recent research focus is taxation in developing countries.
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What Ails Pakistan’s Tax System?
This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the series here. Pakistan once again finds itself in a very hard economic situation, but the gravity of the present crisis is far more serious than any...
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