From Icon Towers to Dubai Leaks

From Icon Towers to Dubai Leaks

There comes a time in every nation’s journey when a building ceases to be just concrete and steel— and becomes a towering emblem of impunity. The Federal Board of Revenue’s decision to auction Karachi’s Bahria Icon Tower over a staggering Rs26.46 billion tax default is not merely a bureaucratic manoeuvre or a financial headline— it is a thunderclap in Pakistan’s long and uneasy silence over elite accountability. In a country where the law often …