The Lahore High Court has upheld the imposition of tax on foreign assets ofPML-Q leader Moonis Elahi and others and rejected the petitions challengingthe federal tax as non-maintainable.
During the proceedings on Thursday, Justice Asim Hafeez remarked that primafacie the government can question expatriate Pakistanis about theirproperties and can levy tax.
Moonis Elahi was among 30 people who moved the LHC against the federalgovernment’s decision to slap tax on their properties abroad.
