{"id":5886,"date":"2025-09-09T17:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:47:22","slug":"pm-shehbaz-urges-swift-action-to-broaden-tax-base-and-curb-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/09\/pm-shehbaz-urges-swift-action-to-broaden-tax-base-and-curb-evasion","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz urges swift action to broaden tax base and curb evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"505\"><strong data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"283\">Islamabad<\/strong> : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) headquarters, focusing on expanding the national tax base, tackling tax evasion, and enhancing government revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"842\">During the session, the Prime Minister was briefed on recent efforts to improve taxpayer registration systems and boost compliance. He directed FBR officials to expedite the creation of a <strong data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"751\">comprehensive database of income and sales taxpayers<\/strong>, calling it a critical step toward building a stronger, more inclusive taxation framework.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"1069\">\u201cWe must bring all eligible individuals and businesses into the tax system. This is essential for economic stability and national development,\u201d the Prime Minister stated, emphasizing the urgency of modernizing the tax regime.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1298\">PM Shehbaz stressed the need for greater <strong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1157\">transparency and technological innovation<\/strong> in tax operations to strengthen public trust and ensure fairness. He also called for strict measures against tax evasion and underreporting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1472\">Key government officials and FBR leadership were present at the meeting, which concluded with a renewed commitment to accelerating reforms in Pakistan\u2019s tax infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) headquarters, focusing on expanding the national tax base, tackling tax evasion, and enhancing government revenue streams. During the session, the Prime Minister was briefed on recent efforts to improve taxpayer registration systems and boost compliance. He directed FBR &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3091,160,1126,2474,3092,68,3094,3093,2294],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-evasion","tag-headline","tag-islamabad","tag-pm-shehbaz","tag-sales-taxpayers","tag-shehbaz-sharif","tag-technological","tag-transparency","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5888,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions\/5888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}