A vendor selling dates walks across a street in Islamabad on July 8, 2024. Cash-strapped Pakistan adopted a $68 billion budget laced with tax-raising measures on June 28 as it seeks to secure a new bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after almost defaulting last year. In a nation of over 240 million people and where most jobs are in the informal sector, only 5.2 million filed income tax returns in 2022. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)