PM, Muslim League and Bilawal tax details revealed by FBR
According to the tax details, PM Imran Khan paid tax of Rs2,82,449, Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari paid Rs 2,94,117 and former president Asif Ali Zardari paid tax of Rs28,91,455 in the year 2018-19.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued its tax directory of the parliamentarians for the Tax Year 2018-19
These parliamentarians belonged to the Upper and Lower Houses of the Parliament.
President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Shehbaz Sharif paid Rs97,30,545 in terms of tax, Federal Minister Hammad Azhar Rs22,445, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Rs1,83,900 and Hamza Shehbaz paid tax of Rs87,05,368, the tax directory disclosed.
Planning and Development Minister, Asad Umar paid 53,46,342 rupees in tax while JI Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq paid Rs2,16,800 in national exchequer.
Furthermore, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz paid 3,67,460 rupees in tax in the year 2018-19, while Azam Swai paid 5,90,916 rupees, the tax directory disclosed.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Chaudhry Tanvir Ahmed Khan paid 32,38,733 rupees and Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak paid 18,26,899 as tax in the year.
According to tax details, Federal Minister for Railways paid Rs5,79,011 tax, Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Rs10,46,699, Minister for Communications Murad Saeed paid, 3,74,728 rupees, Maritime Minister Ali Zaidi paid Rs8,96,191 and Fawad Chaudhry paid Rs16,98,651 rupees in tax during 2018-19.
Meanwhile, the tax directly showed that Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda and former health minister Aamir Kyani paid ‘zero’ tax in 2018-19.
میری چھوڑو پہلے یہ بتاؤ کہ کیا جنگ جیو کا مالک میر شکیل الرحمن اپنے بندوں کے ذریعے ایس ای سی پی سے ڈیٹا چوری کر کے بھارت پہنچا رہا ہے؟؟ جہاں تک تمہاری اس پروپیگنڈا اور جھوٹی خبر کا تعلق ہے تو یہ لو جواب ! اٹھاون لاکھ پچیس ہزار چھ سو دس روپے ٹیکس جمع کرایا2018 میں! 👇 https://t.co/JZeUON8uja pic.twitter.com/R0RPW9AyDg
— Faisal Vawda (@FaisalVawdaPTI) September 18, 2020
he FBR spokesperson said it generated more in tax revenue than the set target for the first two months of the current financial year.
Releasing the statistics of the first two months of tax collection in July and August, an additional Rs42 billion was collected by the institution.
It said the original target for the months was Rs551 billion, whereas, the collections reached to Rs593 billion during the period.
