بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan
PRESS STATEMENT
NO: PR10036
Date: 23rd Jumada al-Thani 1431 AH / 6th June 2010 CE
Masses are skinned alive to fund for the American crusade
Gilani-Zardari government has set new standards of American boot-licking. To save their master's economy, the government has prepared a new plan to collect money for financing the crusader war by increasing taxes over their own people and reducing subsidies over the foodstuff.
The Military budget is being increased by 29 percent (Rs. 99 billion) to continue the American crusader war in Pakistan. By imposing a "war tax" the government will steal another 83 billion rupees from the kitty of the poor masses.
Moreover a cut of Rs. 102 billion is proposed by reducing subsidies to finance the bombardment of the Muslims in the Tribal Areas. Even the high level American official has confessed that the hard earned money of the people of Pakistan is being used to finance the American war. The Former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury Paul Craig Roberts confessed in his recent column saying: "At Washington's behest, the government of Pakistan is conducting war against its own people, killing many and forcing others to flee their homes and lands.... Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin ordered the Pakistani government to raise taxes to pay for the war against its own people...The puppet ruler, Asif Ali Zardari, complied with his American master's orders." Do these rulers still have the audacity to call this war "our war"?!
This budget has confirmed once again that no matter if the government is democratic or dictatorial, the budget of Pakistan is designed by the IMF according to the capitalist principles. This is exactly the reason why the economic condition of the masses will never improve in democracy or dictatorship, under the Capitalist economic system.
It is only in the Islamic economic system where all the indirect taxes like GST, income tax, business tax, customs, excise, surcharge, additional surcharge, petroleum development levy, etc are haram. Direct taxes are collected from the rich while the poor are not subjected to any tax. Thus Zakat is paid by the owner of Nisab, Kharaaj is imposed on the owner of land, Usher is collected from the one who has the agriculture produce, Riqaz is levied on the one who found the treasure and Jizya is collected from the non-Muslim who can pay.
Islam has fixed taxes and the government cannot impose any tax by their own or under the diktats of the colonial organization of the like of IMF.
Islam only allows, in an emergency situation, the imposition of tax on the wealth (not income) of the rich people, that too is for a limited time. And the state is not authorized to spend this amount on development expenditure.
Furthermore, Islam declared all the oil, gas, minerals and such other resources as public properties and these can not be handed over to some businessmen or multi-national companies under the guise of privatization. Moreover, it is the duty of the state to provide these resources to all the people on which they government cannot earn exorbitant profit.
Thus in the Khilafah, electricity, oil and gas etc are available at a cheap and affordable price which will help illuminate poverty. Similarly, it is the responsibility of the Khilafah to fulfil the basic needs of the weak, handicapped and the poor. The capitalist state has also failed like the communist. This system failed to solve the problems of the US and EU than how can it solve the problems of the people of Pakistan?
Let the rulers know that their political stunts cannot hide their treachery and befool the masses. And let the people of power know, Ummah will not agree to anything less than Khilafah!!!
Naveed Butt
Official Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan
TrackBack URI for this entry
Subscribe to this comment's feed
Shaban omar
said:
 |
Since the destruction of the Khilafah of which a purely islamic enonomic system was implemented where the ummah enjoyed better life,their basic needs were fully satisfied.This is because their leaders were shepherds and not money collecters to enrich themselves.Abig blow for the ummah to stay without a khalefah. |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
Abdullah1
said:
 |
AS the above title says it all because each and everyone of the so-called Muslim countries is under the control of someone who has been put up by the colonialists sgtates of the western rulers. And they all have to abide by their treaties they have allegiance to and so in turn have the full apparatus of tyrany running their countries. The rulers of so-called Islamic countries have masters to answer to. And in the process fully comply by selling their oil or produce at greatly reduced prices whereas the masters can then sell them on at a very sky high price and so are able to live in great luxury at the expense of all the poor people. |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
Basit
said:
 |
Its all the lack of understanding and lack of Leadership that our country is suffering the most. We must refine our life styles and we must accept Islam by our heart and follow SIRAT-UM-MUSTQEEM only then can we survive. otherwise there is no way to escape |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
Hamoud
said:
 |
And Allah(Subhaana wa ta'ala) says: "Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day of Judgement shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of life): for the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception." Surah Al Imran (3)-ayah 185 |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
Zeital
said:
 |
The war against the poor continues as another government waging a war against its own people for the sake of its sponsor, which in this case is America. The U.S.A has sponsored regimes such as South Vietnam, and numerous governments in Latin America and Asia to wage wars against their own people. Indeed America is not the only state guilty of such crimes. Britain, Russia, and other European nations support regimes that torture and literally attack their own populations. A privileged minority benefit whilst the rest of the citizenry reside under terror and surveillance. The war against citizens is now opening against European and North Americans. They are experiencing what many have already undergone in the Southern Hemisphere. Pakistan is but another statistic on a long list from Panama, Nicaragua, East Timor, Algeria, Namibia, Congo, Gaza, Lebanon, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and Sudan; where there are secessionist conflicts over resources (coveted by multinationals) or outright attacks deliberately targeting civilians. Indeed war is a profitable business. It bankrupts most and allows plunder and profit for a few. Who notices? ARTICLE: The Making of an Unpeople by John Pilger http://www.antiwar.com/pilger/?articleid=13826 |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
Mak
said:
 |
Entire governing structure is anti and unislamic . Corruption real and perceived by Mr Z and his cronies must be wiped clean. Any Idea of moderation of Islam is absolute Bida'h. Modernization and moderation of Xtian and jewish scriptures led them to evil humanisms. Any one in position of governing responsibility must pass Quran and Hadith comprehension. Leadership missing a single prayer must be immediatly disqualified and punished. Even Khilafah must subjected to the same. Even some of the Past muslim rulers were misfit for the job.Ruler and ruled must be subjected to the same rule of law if we are to get to our past glory. Past and present imperial and neoimperial implants are disgrace to Islam. |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
MD.Jubayer ahamed
said:
 |
Economic recession has proved that all faulty,exploiting and manmade systems doesn't work,.Only and only if we establish khilafah,it is possible to live happily in kHILAFAH STATE |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
farabi
said:
 |
The mutual rivalry for pilling up of worldly things diverts you. Until you visit the graves. Nay! You shall come to know! Again Nay! You shall come to know! [ Al-quran, sura Takasur, 1-4 ] |
|
report abuse
vote down
vote up
|
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|