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Posts published in “Day: October 31, 2012

Legislators divided over levying of income tax in G-B

By Shabbir Mir  in The Express Tribune, Oct 31 GILGIT: While public representatives are divided over the imposition of income tax in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), the public has decried the move. “It will be unfair to tax the people of G-B,” said Mirza Hussain, a Pakistan Muslim League (Q) member of the G-B Legislative Assembly, reasoning that a majority of the people are poor and cannot afford to pay taxes. Hussain said that instead of imposing…