Jammu, April 7 -- Pakistan's Punjab province is at the centre of a social media firestorm after the provincial government introduced a daily livestock waste levy - swiftly dubbed the "Gobar Tax" by a mockery-hungry internet - of 30 Pakistani rupees per cow or buffalo.
The tax, announced under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, has unleashed a torrent of memes, satirical reels, and jokes targeting the country's government, military establishment, and ruling elite. Netizens on both sides of the India-Pakistan border have had a field day, with one particularly viral suggestion urging citizens to fit diapers on their buffaloes as a tax-avoidance strategy.
The levy is being rolled out in a pilot phase covering 168 cattle colonies, beginning with Lah...