Ishaq Dar says in spite of inherited weak economic legacy, the govt determined to set the economy in right direction

ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (SABAH): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired the inaugural meeting of Reforms and Resource Mobilization Commission (RRMC) at FBR on Friday.

Tariq Mehmood Pasha SAPM on Revenue, Ashfaq Yousuf Tola, Chairman RRMC, Asim Ahmed, Chairman FBR, Dr. Mohammad Iqbal, Abdul Hameed Memon, Dr. Veqar Ahmed, Ghazanfar Bilour, Ardsher Saleem Tariq and Tauqeer Ahmed attended the meeting in person while Rana Munir Hussain, President Pakistan Tax Bar Association, President FPCCI Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, Asif Haroon, Haider Ali Patel, Abdul Qadir Memon and Ziad Bashir virtually attended the meeting through zoom.

Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar welcomed the members of the Commission and highlighted the economic and financial outlook of the country. He shared that in spite of inherited weak economic legacy, the government is determined to set the economy in right direction and introducing reforms in various sectors to achieve economic stability and growth.

He further highlighted the importance of the Reforms and Resource Mobilization Commission in identifying issues and difficulties in the exiting taxation system and suggesting reforms in existing revenue policies for resource mobilization, ease of doing business and tax payer facilitation to achieve sustainable economic growth.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar extending his best wishes and support to the Commission emphasized the members to put their best efforts for fast track activity of the Commission in introducing tax reforms for the financial and economic stability and enhancement of the revenue generation.

Ashfaq Yousuf Tola, Chairman RRMC expressed his gratitude to the Finance Minister for taking keen interest in notifying the Commission including all level stakeholders and for detailed ToRs for comprehensive reforms.