No room for complacency on revenue targets, PM warns authorities

No room for complacency on revenue targets, PM warns authorities

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday warned that any form of complacency in meeting revenue and economic targets for the new fiscal year will not be tolerated, vowing to personally oversee the...

PM hails increase in tax revenues

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday delivered a forceful message to the country’s top revenue officials, hailing a 42 percent increase in federal tax revenues while warning there would be zero tolerance for complacency in the fiscal year ahead. Chairing a high-stakes weekly review on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)’s reform and digitisation drive, Sharif celebrated what he called a “decade-defining achievement” – an addition…