HOW can anybody expect revenue generation through direct taxation or a documented economy by men at the helm in the finance ministry who themselves are involved in resorting to technicalities for evading or avoiding taxes and, even worse, money laundering?

Umar Cheema, in a recent TV talk show, told us how foreign exchange valued at over Rs700m was being remitted from abroad to the family bank account of a special adviser, who hasn’t declared sources of foreign earnings. This is just like wolves guarding the sheep.

Names of retired military men like Mirza Aslam Beg and Masoorul Haq brought shame and ignominy to an institution which can proudly proclaim to have valiant sons of this soil like Shaheed Aziz Bhatti and Shaheed Shabbir Sharif.

Now that a good and healthy precedent has been set where an elected prime minister has been disqualified for irregularities and unethical practices, it is time an across-the-board accountability was conducted.

A. Chandio

Sukkur

Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2017