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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed the government's economic team to suggest out-of-box solutions to reducing burden of indirect taxes on the people, and at the same time, ensure a balance between the state revenues and expenditures.
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday issued a list of its 15 candidates for the coming Senate elections, saying two names from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two from Punjab would be announced later.
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry made public the names of the candidates of his party through a series of tweets. He revealed 15 nominated candidates while the decision of two contestants from KP and as many from Punjab is yet to be announced.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) also formally issued lists of their candidates.
“The list of candidates I have issued is official,” Fawad Chaudhry told Dawn, adding that he was authorised to issue the list.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved the plan in the cabinet meeting held on Nov 29, 2018. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: After a delay of over two years, Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh on Thursday approved the establishment of the Tax Policy Unit in the Ministry of Finance to take away policy formation powers from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The decision was taken in the fifth meeting of the FBR Policy Board chaired by Mr Hafeez. It was also attended by Minister for Privatisation Mohammadmian Soomro, Commerce Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood, Adviser on Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Husain and Special Assistant on Revenue Dr Waqar Masood.