Aurangzeb stresses expansion of tax net over merely raising taxes

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ISLAMABAD: Admitting that the salaried class is already overburdened, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday said that increasing taxes was not a solution, rather the expansion of the tax net should be the ultimate goal.

Speaking during a session of the Islamabad Literature Festival...