SHC allows Dr Asim to travel abroad

Author: News Desk

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday approved a request by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Asim Hussain to grant the former minister permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.

The SHC approved the request at a hearing in Karachi into an application filed earlier by the PPP leader which informed the court that Hussain wanted to travel abroad for medical treatment from April 10 to April 17.

Talking to media outside the courtroom, Hussain said that the tax amnesty scheme announced by the prime minister could prove to be a major blow for the economy. “The scheme was announced without consulting finance experts, and even the parliament was bypassed in order to implement it,” hr remarked.

The former minister was of the opinion that the overall tax net in the country had actually decreased under the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.

Published in Daily Times, April 8th 2018.

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