The federal minister for planning and development says the government has initiated measures to widen the tax net and stem leakages in tax collection instead of imposing new taxation in the budget.


Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says the government has fixed realistic targets besides formulating long terms policies to bring economic stability in the country.
Talking to a private TV channel, he said the government has initiated measures to widen the tax net and stem leakages in tax collection instead of imposing new taxation in the budget.
He said the government has enhanced Balochistan’s share in Public Sector Development Programme.
The Minister said the PSDP has mainly been aligned with the development framework of five Es ie exports, equity, empowerment, environment, and energy as well as reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-affected areas.
He said 60 percent share of the total PSDP in the new budget has been earmarked for ongoing schemes while 40 percent for the financing of new schemes.

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
- 16 hours ago

Field Marshal Munir vows total defeat of terrorists with public support
- 6 hours ago

This Democrat’s accountability plan has Trump fuming
- 14 hours ago

Conversational Gemini navigation comes to Apple CarPlay
- 16 hours ago

The Cornell rape case has surfaced a hidden divide among progressives
- 14 hours ago

What Christina Applegate’s misdiagnosis reveals about MS
- 14 hours ago

10 terrorists, including one female, killed in Gwadar: ISPR
- 3 hours ago

PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today
- 16 hours ago

How the biggest renewable energy project in US history finally got built
- 14 hours ago

US military bans BYD vehicles from strategic air base in Japan
- 5 hours ago

Russia released a US prisoner. What did they get out of it?
- 14 hours ago

GM promises smarter cars, faster updates, and autonomous dry-cleaning runs
- 16 hours ago














