KARACHI: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar seems optimistic on more recovery of taxes by the efforts of the newly appointed team of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) under the leadership of FBR Chairman Nisar Muhammad Khan.
”The new FBR chairman and the members have been appointed purely on merit and I hope they will deliver as per expectations and contribute towards the betterment of country’s economy,” Ishaq Dar said at launch of Islamic Index at Karachi Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
“Chairman FBR Nisar Muhammad Khan is an honest officer while Customs members, Inland Revenue Policy (IR-Policy) member, IR-Operations member and Admin member were also seasoned officers and this new team would bring further improvement in the affairs of FBR”, the minister added and lauded the efforts of outgoing FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa.
In the tenure of Tariq Bajwa as chairman FBR, the overall revenue collection was surged by 33 percent while more than 200,000 new taxpayers have been brought under the tax net, Ishaq Dar added.
