KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is strictly implementing tax laws for achieving revenue collection target.
“The tax laws are being strictly implemented and any negligence by the officials of the revenue department will not be tolerated,” Tariq Mehmood Pasha, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Revenue said in a meeting with a delegation of business community.
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Pasha further said that the FBR revenue collection is satisfactory. “All goals will be achieved,” Tariq Mehmood Pasha informed the delegation of United Business Group (UBG).
He said that Prime Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif is aware of the problems of the business community, all resources are being used to improve the country’s economic condition and the government will soon provide all the economic resources to overcome the problems.
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According to Gulzar Feroze, the main spokesperson of UBG, the delegation included President UBG and former President FPCCI Zubair Tufail. Former President FPCCI Abdul Rauf Alam, Former Vice President Atif Ikram Sheikh and Secretary General US Pakistan International Chamber Malik Sohail Hussain were present.
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On this occasion, Zubair Tufail said that at present the business conditions in the country are not satisfactory, firstly Covid-19 and later floods have badly affected the industrial and agricultural sector and many sectors have not yet recovered, so the government should provide relief to the business community.
The UBG delegation congratulated the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Revenue, Minister of State Tariq Mehmood Pasha and the FBR administration on the improved revenue situation.
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