Team World Bank Economists meets with Chairman FBR

• The World Bank team comprising Mr. Jonathan Karver and others.
• The two sides agreed to continue cooperation to identify new areas.

ISLAMABAD: A team of World Bank Economists met Chairman Federal Board of Revenue(FBR) Asim Ahmad at FBR HQs to discuss improvement in tax compliance and facilitation through behavioral intervention.

The World Bank team comprising Mr. Jonathan Karver, Ms. Ana Maria Mendez, Ms. Lucy Pan and Ms. Irum Tauqeer apprised Chairman FBR about International experiences and discussed potential areas of interventions in Pakistan. The Chairman reaffirmed commitment to continue making efforts to improve taxpayer experience.

The two sides agreed to continue cooperation to identify new areas where taxpayers can be facilitated in complying with tax obligations.

On the other hand, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting on Civil Aviation Sector issues.

Federal Minister for Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar, Ex- PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, SAPM on Finance Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue Tariq Pasha, Advisor to the PM on Establishment Ahad Khan Cheema, Secretary Aviation, Special Secretary Finance, DG Aviation and senior officer from relevant ministries attended the meeting.

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The meeting discussed and deliberated on various issues related to Civil Aviation sector and suggested pragmatic measures for the resolution of issues to enhance the revenue generation of the country.