They have noted, for example, that "people voted for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) so that they would take the powerful predatory elites and tax cheats to task... . Recouping of lost revenues of billions of rupees from them by PTI government will certainly convey a loud message to all that they mean business and that nobody is above law. As the mighty sections of society are not paying taxes due from them, the common people argue against discharging their tax obligations, especially when the State has failed to protect their lives and properties, what to talk of providing basic facilities of education, health, clean drinking water, housing, transportation, etc."
What the two have stated makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately, however, there are reports that claim that the PTI government is going to further tax the common man through its upcoming mini-budget. A new money bill to be presented before the National Assembly for its approval is said to be essentially aimed at enabling the Federal Board of Revenue to meet its tax collection shortfall. This is no creative strategy or idea unless the PTI government proves through its mini-budget that the supplementary finance bill is not aimed at penalizing people for the incompetence or complacency the government's taxation machinery or its ministry of finance has displayed in relation to tax collection targets.