PM for action to identify tax evaders, enforce tracing system
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while taking notice of delays in the implementation of Trace and Track System (TTS) in tobacco, sugar, cement and fertilizer industries on Monday ordered immediate action against tax defaulters and evaders. The premier issued directives to the authorities concerned to form a committee to identify the hurdles in the implementation of TTS and those involved in tax theft within seven days. A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated that the meeting was also attended by federal ministers Muhammad Aurangzeb and Ahad Cheema, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Jehanzaib Khan, FBR Chairman Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana and other senior officials. The prime minister asked the officials about the reasons for the delay and said the system should have been made functional in major industries in the last two years.