In a tower overlooking Islamabad, a team of intelligence officers is scrolling Instagram, calling up fashion houses and planning a wedding.
With Pakistan’s rollicking wedding season in full swing, the Federal Board of Revenue’s “lifestyle monitoring cell” is reverse-engineering a lavish ceremony, which it believes costs far more than the suspected tax evader’s annual reported income.
“People love to play up how rich they are on social media,” said Rashid Langrial, the FBR’s chair. “But no one wants to show off their money in their tax filings.”
您已阅读11%(550字),剩余89%(4671字)包含更多重要信息,订阅以继续探索完整内容,并享受更多专属服务。