Imran Khan congratulates FBR for 35% increase in tax collection

ISLAMABAD, Dec 01 (SABAH): Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for achieving an increase of 35 percent in revenue collection during the last month as compared to November 2020.

Sharing a graph of FBR collection in his tweet on Wednesday, PM Imran Khan said tax collection increased by 37 percent during the last five months as compared to the same period of the last year.

Meanwhile Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood says the country’s exports during the last month increased by 33 percent to a historic monthly high of 2.9 billion dollars.

In a tweet on Wednesday, the Adviser shared a comparison of exports during the corresponding period of last year that was recorded at 2.174 billion dollars, saying the target for the last month was 2.6 billion dollars.      

Abdul Razak Dawood said during the first five months of this financial year, the exports increased by 27 percent to 12.365 billion dollars as compared to 9.747 billion dollars during the same period last year while the target for this period was 12.2 billion dollars.