FBR to start implementing deal reached with traders.

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi has announced that the FBR will start implementing the deal with traders while notifications for establishing committees comprising business representatives from across the country will be issued next week.

"The FBR and traders will partner to ensure the registration of traders who are outside the tax net," he said.

On the other side, the traders' association, while dismissing the FBR announcement, has refused to comply with the deal until all terms of the agreement are enforced.

All Pakistan Traders Association (APTA) President Ajmal Baloch clarified that the traders would only accept the agreement if it was implemented in full.

"It is not possible for the traders to cooperate if only half the agreement or one point is implemented. If the government abides by all the...