LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday pledged to pursue tax evaders to run the economy, days after PPP Chair­man Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari criticised efforts to manage economic affairs “by force”.

Addressing the All Pakistan Chambers Conf­erence, Mr Aurangzeb said action against non-compliant sectors was not coercion but a response to demands from the business community.

“You asked us to go after non-compliance,” he said, adding that the formal sector and salaried class were bearing a disproportionate tax burden due........

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