Former FBR chairman Shabbar Zaidi has proposed that the federal capital be shifted from Islamabad to Lahore for better governance, as reported by national media on Monday.
Speaking at the launch ceremony of his autobiography “32 Onkar Road” in a local auditorium in Lahore, Shabbar Zaidi admitted that he was unable to bring reforms to the FBR.
Zaidi also called for a ban on the politics of religious parties, saying Lahore was once a city of communists and nationalists but was destroyed by eliminating liberal elements.
The former FBR chairman reiterated his proposal that the capital should be moved from Islamabad to Lahore.
At the event, speakers described Shabbar Zaidi’s autobiography as the work of an honest, outspoken, and straightforward man. They said Zaidi’s book highlights the flaws in the country’s economic and social structure.
Veteran journalist Hussain Naqi remarked that the possibility of democracy in Pakistan has ended.
Former State Bank governor and former acting Punjab finance minister Shahid Hafeez Kardar said the IMF is the root cause of Pakistan’s problems and that the FBR’s structure needs reform.
