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Trust deficit at core of census dispute, says economist Dr Bengali says offer of early census not to heal Centre-Sindh rift ISLAMABAD: Economist Dr Kaiser Bengali has alleged that the three-year old dispute over population census between the Centre and the Sindh government was because of the trust deficit between the federation and the federating unit. The leading economist, who is also a member of the National Finance Commission (NFC) representing Balochistan, said the federal government’s offer to Sindh for accepting the results in national interest in return for holding next census early...

Several tax collectors have yet to file returns At least 425,000 taxpayers have sought extension in filing the returns Tax. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: This week, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) surprised tax filers by not extending the date for filing returns and issued notices to roughly 850,000 people over their failure to file returns in time. The real surprise, however, for the tax collecting authority is that a large number of its 22,000 officials have also yet to file returns – skeleton in the cupboard. The details surfaced in the Express News’ talk show, The Review, on Saturday nig...