Paksitan TV industry is very much popular and has gained lot of momentum in the recent past. Many good drama serials have been made. Overseas Pakistanis have also liked dramas of Hum TV, ARY Digital, Geo TV and others. TV actors have also earned handsome amount of money and have also become popular.
But for a surprise many promininet drama actors have not filed tax returns in the recent few years. Those actors which have not filed tax returns in 2010 and 2011 are as follows:
- Humayun Saeed
- Faisal Qureshi
- Nauman Ejaz
- Savera Nadeem
- Singer Hadiqa Mehmood Kiyani
- Writer Umera Ahmed
Celebrities who have paid tax
- Actress Atiqa Odho paid Rs536,000 tax in 2011 and Rs480,000 in 2010
- Faisal Qureshi, Nauman Ejaz, Aijaz Aslam, Nadia Hussain and Angeline Malik each paid less than Rs60,000 as tax in 2010
- Humayun Saeed paid Rs60,000 tax in 2011
- Aijaz Aslam paid only Rs300 tax in 2011
- Faisal Qureshi, Nadia Hussain, Umera Ahmad and Savera Nadeem paid approximately Rs. 100000 tax in 2011
Celebrities who have paid tax and have also filed tax returns
- Ali Zafar paid Rs2.601 million tax in 2011
- Actor and producer Asif Raza Mir paid Rs6.987 million tax in 2011
- Adnan Siddiqui paid Rs82,926 tax in 2011 and Rs106,669 in 2010
- Famous novelist Faiza Iftikhar paid Rs366,000 tax in 2011 and only Rs99,000 in 2010
- Mehroz Karim Rind paid Rs2.415 million tax in 2011 and Rs2.494 million in 2010
- Popular artists and comedian Sohail Ahmad of Hasb-e-Haal fame paid Rs1.56 million tax in 2011 and Rs1.24 million in 2010
According to FBR official all the above mentioned taxes are not according to these celebrities income as they earn more and pay less taxes.