LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has termed the tax amnesty scheme is against the Constitution and a blatant violation of Article 4, Section 25.
In his comments on prime minister’s announcement of tax amnesty, Sirajul Haq said that PML-N leadership in its election campaign had vowed to recover the plundered public money from the bellies of the corrupt but now it was benefiting the same plunderers and discriminating against the poor masses who were being heavily taxed.
He said by announcing tax amnesty at this stage, the government was tempting the corrupt elements to amass maximum wealth during the next two years, which was a clear patronage of the corruption mafia. The government is giving shelter to those who have misappropriated trillions from the public exchequer to the tune of trillions, he added. By virtue of this amnesty, the members of the looters’ club will get certificates of law abiding, honest citizenship by paying only one percent of the plundered money.
