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  • Business Editor, Dawn
Karachi
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The embrace of Nessus

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By Khurram Husain 
| Dawn
THEY all look the same and for good reason. Every budget over the past 10 years (and more) is pretty much the same with minor differences usually in the gimmickry being advanced in the name of a ‘revenue plan’. And it will be no different this time round when the budget for FY27 is announced. There is a simple reason for this. A little more than a decade and a half ago Pakistan finally abandoned its last attempt to try and get serious tax reform through.
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Dead reform conversation

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By Khurram Husain 
| Dawn
THE conversation about reform in Pakistan is dead. It has been for years. In Islamabad, the government is celebrating its diplomatic success in the war. These achievements are real and deserve recognition. Specifically, Pakistan has successfully brokered a ceasefire between Iran and the US and has since put in strenuous efforts to turn this into a comprehensive peace deal. This is potentially historic.
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Faltering tax effort

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By Khurram Husain 
| Dawn
OVER the past 10 years the state’s tax effort has burdened compliant taxpayers more and more even as it has largely abandoned any attempt to broaden the tax base or bring in more taxpayers. The results are revealing when you look at the revenue numbers over the preceding decade. From 2015 till 2025, for example, direct taxes became the largest contributors to the incremental revenue effort of the state. Around one-third of all incremental revenues collected in this decade came from direct taxes.
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