An exercise in fairness — revamping agri tax

Modern states finance social services for their citizens by collecting taxes. The states that collect taxes while balancing economic growth and redistribution can serve their citizens for their welfare.

This category of countries can also meet the people’s security and development goals. Unfortunately, Pakistan has one of the lowest tax-to-GDP ratios in the world, less than 10 per cent and thus, unsurprisingly, some of the worst social indicators regarding human development.

Ideally...