RAWALPINDI: Prime minister’s special assistant on revenue, Haroon Akhtar Khan has said that the upcoming budget will be traders-friendly.
He said this during a meeting with a delegation of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce (RCCI) that met him at Federal Board of Revenue office.
The delegation, which was led by RCCI President Mian Humayun Parvez, included senior vice president Saqib Rafiq, group leader Sohail Altaf, S M Naseem, former presidents Najam Rehan, Doctor Hassan Saroosh, Asad Mashadi, Kashif Sabbir and vice chairman RCCI Standing Committee on Tax affairs Syed Tauqeer Bukhari.
The delegation presented the RCCI budget proposals 2016-2017. The PM’s special assistant said that most of the RCCI suggestions for budget have already been taken into the consideration. “We will add these proposals in the upcoming draft of finance bill 2016-2017,” he said. He appreciated RCCI delegation for forwarding valuable proposals and said that FBR and govt will introduce a traders-friendly budget.