Mehboob Ul Haq, CEO Human Development Foundation (HDF) said that tobacco consumption remains a formidable challenge for Pakistan, imposing a grave toll on both public health and the economy.

The minister for defense says all this is due to the negligence of the FBR, tax evaders and the collusion of the judiciary.

The Punjab chief minister says Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Kisan Card project in Punjab is the biggest in the history of Pakistan under which agricultural loans worth Rs 150 billion would be provided to 0.5 million small farmers on easy terms.

Muhammad Aurangzeb says they are working with law ministry and FBR to remove leakage in tax revenue and broaden the tax net.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says federal and provincial governments as well as all the institutions, including the armed forces, should join hands in preventing massive leakages in revenue, electricity and gas sectors.

The federal minister says they have to provide all resources to increase exports.

AL Habib Exchange Company (Private) Limited officially commenced operations across ten branches in 4 cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar

The Government of Punjab has collected a record tax revenue of over Rs 400 billion through e-Pay Punjab, an online platform for the collection of government receipts. Meanwhile, the number of online transactions through the system have crossed the mark of 50 million

The sources say that the IMF told Pakistan to abolish the sales tax exemptions on all goods including petrol.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the federal government cannot handle these challenges without the cooperation of provinces.