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Pakistan Publishes List to Embarrass Tax Cheats into Paying Up

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Desperate Pakistani tax authorities are publicly shaming defaulters by publishing their tax details in a directory for the first time, officials said on Wednesday. The cash-strapped authorities find it almost impossible to chase down the large number of defaulters - many of them powerful politicians - through the country's moribund courts. Only around one in 200 citizens files income tax, leaving the state begging foreign donors to help fund crumbling public schools and...

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