FBR deducts Rs329m from RDA account as income tax.

Byline: Israr Ahmad

Rawalpindi -- Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority Arif Abbasi revealed that Federal Bureau of Revenue had deducted Rs329.072 million 'illegally' from official account of RDA on pretext of income tax.

'We are writing letters to high ups of FBR to recover the illegally-deducted amount,' he added. He said that the amount once recovered would be spent on development of Rawalpindi.

The chairman RDA expressed these views while addressing a presser at his office on Tuesday. Deputy Director Public Affairs WASA Umar Farooq and Media Manager RDA Hafiz Irfan were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the presser, Arif Abbasi said that FBR was not officially allowed for deducting such a huge amount, that too from official account of RDA on pretext of income tax. 'The RDA is also an organ of the government, prime duty of which is to launch development and public welfare projects in the city,' he said. He said that he had intimated Chairman FBR trough letters to return the authority's said amount so that it could be utilised for welfare of citizens of Rawalpindi. He also said that the RDA had collected Rs240.73 million in revenue in 2018-19 which was more than the given target of Rs222.86 million. He said that the authority had also saved Rs90.48 million by reducing its expenditures during 2018-19. 'We have been allocated Rs260.40 million for running the affairs of the authority but we have saved huge amount while acting upon the PM's drive of...