Pakistan In Focus - ECONOMIC TIMES OF PAKISTAN - NA doubts FBR missed target due to low imports.

• Position: Federal Board of Revenue

A parliamentary panel has expressed doubts about the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)'s claim of missing the revenue collection target due to import compression and also suspected that even the 16percent increase in collection against the target of 44percent growth was the result of blocking tax refunds and high inflation.

In a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance, an FBR team could not give satisfactory replies to the question about the board's strategy to achieve 44percent...