Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday warned of legal action against those who do not declare their undisclosed assets by June 30, as the cash-strapped government ramps up efforts to fix the country’s economy.
Addressing the nation ahead of the federal budget for fiscalyear 2019-20 to be announced Tuesday, Khan said. “We will need to changeourselves if we want to become a great country.”
“I am appealing to all of you to take part in the AssetDeclaration Scheme that we have brought, because if we don’t pay taxes, we willnot be able to raise our country up,” Khan said.
The premier said that people have until June 30 to declaretheir benami assets, benami bank accounts and money that was kept abroad.
“After June 30, you will not get thisopportunity,” he said.
“Our agencies have information about who has benamiaccounts and benami properties,” the premier said.
“This was never available to us before therefore takeadvantage of this scheme. Give Pakistan the benefit. Fix your children’sfuture. [Give us] the chance that we get this country to stand on its own twofeet and take people out of poverty,” he said. “My Pakistanis, in the past ten yearsPakistan’s debt went from Rs 6,000 billion to Rs 30,000 billion,” he said.