Federal Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has criticized FBR’s policy of SIMs blocking and termed it as useless. In a tweet on his social media platform, Khawaja Asif commented that blocking mobile SIMs of tax evaders will not have much impact.
He gave an example of the cigarette industry and wrote that tax evasion in the cigarette industry is more than 300 billion rupees annually.
Countering huge tax evasion by blocking SIMs is like treatment of a severe disease with Panadol tablet. These pampering actions are actually dishonesty and war should be declared against tax evaders. He also wrote that to avoid taxes on phones, currently people use mobile phones on wifi without SIMs.
