Pakistan’s tax amnesty leaves doubt as wealthy keep evasive methods

Low-income workers discover bank accounts opened in their names by the rich

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Pakistan is one of the world’s worst performers when it comes to income tax collection. Less than 1% of its population of more than 210 million pays an income tax. © Reuters

FARHAN BOKHARI, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Aftab Bashir, a young truck driver in Pakistan, gained widespread media attention over the weekend when he came into an unexpected windfall.

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