Pakistani Actress Veena Malik: I pay 40% of my Indian earnings as taxes

Sunday March 20, 2011 09:09:34 PM, IANS

Mumbai: Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who climbed the popularity and controversy charts alike with Indian reality show "Bigg Boss", says singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan should follow Indian laws and pay taxes, adding that she pays 40 percent of her Indian earnings as taxes.

She was asked: "What was the general reaction in Pakistan and your opinion on Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan being detained in India for FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act) violations?"

Veena Malik: Dekhiye hamare mulk mein bahut sari baatein kahin gayi isske bare mein (People said a lot of things) : Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Saab is an artiste and so he should have been treated with leniency. I disagree. In my opinion, he was let off lightly with just a fine. But the Indian laws are equally applicable to Indians and Pakistanis.

Look at what Salman Khan has gone through for his black-buck case...or Sanjay Dutt... In spite of being Indians, they've faced the full impact of the laws here. I feel happy that the laws are followed so scrupulously in India. Fateh Ali Saab was earning so much money in India. In my opinion, he should've paid his taxes in the proper way.



 

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President of India Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing at the inauguration of the National Festival of Tribal Dances, ‘PRAKRITI’, in New Delhi on March 16, 2011. Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture, Kum. Selja, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Kantilal Bhuria and Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Mahadev S. Khandela are also seen.

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