Tax exemption to army officials, bureaucrats challenged in Lahore High Court

 A petition challenging tax exemption conferred to bureaucrats and military officials in the federal budget has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC).

Advocate Nadeem Sarwar has submitted a plea challenging tax exemption given to certain individuals on behalf of citizen Mashkoor Hussain.

“The federal government has provided relief to the bureaucracy and military officials in the budget,” the plea read.

 “In the constitution, all citizens are equal; thus, offering tax exemption has been a violation of the constitution,” the petitioner maintained in the filed plea.

Mashkoor Hussain requested that the court strike down the amendment in section 236 of the Income Tax Ordinance as invalid.