Govt refuses to share cost of tax relief with the Parliament
Home Finance secretary says 'government is in discussions with the IMF; thus, it cannot disclose these numbers' The government on Monday refused to share the cost of tax relief with the National Assembly (NA) standing finance committee, which will approve the new budget, but the committee chairperson said that the cost was around Rs360 billion. “The government is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund; thus, it cannot disclose these numbers,” said Finance Secretary Imdadullah Bosal while responding to a question raised by MNA Jawed Hanif Khan. Bosal said that any relief had to be offset by an equal amount of additional revenue and enforcement measures, in a statement that was in line with the deal with the IMF. However, Bosal said that the government had privately shared the relief cost with the standing committee’s chairman.
Published: June 15, 2026 3:38 pm
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