
Khurram Husain
@khurramhusain
Business and Economy journalist and columnist.
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https://www.dawn.com/authors/675/khurram-husain 28-02-2011 13:21:40
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Salaried people are the single largest contributor to direct taxes in FY25. The largest carriers of the burden to rescue the state from near bankruptcy. Story by Mehtab Haider geo.tv/latest/612148-…

The salaried class continues to bear the brunt of heavy taxation—treated as easy targets in every budget, yet rarely represented in policymaking. Where is their voice in decisions that bleed them dry? Khurram Husain #Budget2025 #TaxJustice 🔗 dawn.com/news/1921778/b…



FBR calls it a “feat” to extract more from the same crushed taxpayers every year. The real feat would be taxing the untouchables. But we all know who the government in Pakistan protects, and it’s not the middle class. Khurram Husain dawn.com/news/1921778/b…

"The state shields itself and its personnel from the effects of its own excesses and incompetence. And compliant salaried people, who belong to all sections of the middle class, have to foot the bill." #Budget2025 - Khurram Husain dawn.com/news/1921778


Salaried class squeezed to the maximum Salaried individuals paid a staggering Rs555 billion income tax in last fiscal year, which were Rs188 billion more than preceding year and also 100% more than the combined taxes paid by retailers & real estate sector tribune.com.pk/story/2554122/…



Mehrub Awan Rahim Wazir This old piece from 2015 by Khurram Husain brilliantly explained the constant push from the military to get supplementary grants from the federal government for the previous military operations in Waziristan and ex-Fata. dawn.com/news/1261719/b…


"With the ability to generate #electricity in our homes, and distribute it with batteries on wheels, the whole model of IPP-based power generation and grid-based distribution starts to look obsolete." - Khurram Husain #digitalpayments #SolarEnergy dawn.com/news/1923191

Digital payments are the second revolution- faster,secure,& efficient. But govt’s addiction to undocumented cash economies & tax evasion rackets stalls progress. Pakistan doesn’t lack tech,it lacks will to transform with time & technologies Khurram Husain dawn.com/news/1923191/a…

Khurram Husain on technological revolutions, solarization in power generation & digital payments, are knocking our doors. He is of the view that theses processes can be slowed down but can't be stopped. dawn.com/news/1923191/a…

