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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said record tax collection was the outcome of reforms, digitisation and teamwork pursued over the past two and a half years to revamp the tax machinery.
The remarks came from the prime minister while speaking to senior tax officers at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat to celebrate the achievement of the downward-revised revenue collection target for FY26.
Mr Sharif said he personally chaired review meetings on FBR affairs twice a month because reforms in the tax authority remain one of the government’s highest priorities. He stressed that only officers with good reputations had been posted in field formations, while corrupt elements had no place in the organisation.
Alongside revenue mobilisation, he emphasised that facilitating taxpayers and the business community should remain a priority. He said the pace of ongoing reforms in the FBR would be further accelerated, with expansion of the tax net, greater transparency, and improved taxpayer facilitation remaining the Board’s foremost priorities.
