Corpse of unidentified man found

• Published date: 19 March 2019
• Publication title: Regional Times

The dead body of an unidentified youth was found near Rohri Canal Regulator on Monday. The body of the deceased was shifted to the Rural Health Centre Mehrabpur but his identification was still not done till the filing of this news.

Huge reforms agenda finalized for FBR with major thrust on ICT: Jehanzaib Khan

KARACHI: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Mohammad Jehanzaib Khan has said that a huge reforms agenda has been finalized for FBR in which massive investment will be made with major thrust on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to create an interface between taxpayers and tax collector in order to minimize human contact.

'Work is also underway on simplification of tax laws and tax policy and we are also in the process of delineating the tax roadmap which would define taxation principles for the next 10 years to be followed for the imposition of taxes, besides devising a roadmap for creating balance between direct and indirect taxes', he added while exchanging views at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Chairman Businessmen Group and Former President KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli, Vice Chairmen BMG Tahir Khaliq and Zubair Motiwala, President KCCI Junaid Esmail Makda, Senior Vice President Khurram Shahzad, Vice President Asif Sheikh Javaid, Former Presidents AQ Khalil, Haroon Agar and Shamim Ahmed Firpo along with Managing Committee Members and others were also present at the meeting.

Referring to concerns expressed by Chairman BMG Siraj Teli over poor attitude and culture at FBR along with trust deficit between tax-collectors and taxpayers, he said that organizational change and change in attitude was an uphill task not just at the FBR but in any organization. 'However, FBR is ready for the change in its attitude and culture. I absolutely have no doubt that vast majority at the FBR is willing to change in order to come up to the expectations and jointly move forward', he added.

Jehanzaib Khan admitted that FBR has remained largely focused on the existing taxpayers who are already in the tax net while tax broadening has not taken place. It is also a fact that FBR possesses detailed information about every tax payer and evader due to massive digitalization but they don't have the capacity to handle and interpret this huge data.

'We are trying to build capacity to scrutinize such an enormous data carrying details about the lifestyle of individuals within and outside the tax net', he assured. Chairman FBR...