Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to launch a massive crackdown on holders of benami assets.
However, he asked the FBR not to harass the business community and industrialists as without their cooperation the country could not get rid of the prevailing financial crunch.
Presiding over a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, the prime minister directed FBR Chairman Shabbar Zaidi to hold meetings with chambers of commerce and industry of Lahore and Faisalabad in the next two days and take the business community into confidence on the government’s reforms plan.
Mr Khan said those who had not declared their benami assets under the government’s tax amnesty scheme would be taken to task in the days to come. He said the government was fully aware of the problems confronting the people and business community, adding that the process of reforms in the FBR was under way to address people’s concerns.
