ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to double revenue collection from Rs389 billion in 2025–26 to Rs778 billion in 2026–27 through stricter enforcement measures to boost additional revenue.
Sources told Business Recorder that FBR Chairman Rashid Langrial chaired a meeting to review new revenue mobilisation measures for the next fiscal year.
Shehbaz Sharif has also called for tighter enforcement of tax collection through modern, automated monitoring of the country’s most productive sectors in a bid to curb evasion and significantly increase state revenue, sources stated.
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The meeting was informed that the FBR has collected Rs389 billion through enforcement measures during the current fiscal year. This figure includes over Rs50 billion collected from the tobacco sector through ongoing operations against illicit and smuggled cigarettes.
Keeping in view the potential to generate additional revenue through recovery measures, the Prime Minister has set an ambitious target of Rs778 billion under the enforcement measures head for the next fiscal year.
The FBR has recovered Rs874 billion through enforcement measures during 2024-25. The FBR has achieved the target of Rs389 billion under the enforcement measures head during 2025-26. In 2024-25, FBR was able to recover Rs874 billion through strict enforcement measures against Rs105 billion in 2023-24. This eight-fold increase was driven by specific interventions, structural, and governance changes.
According to sources, the meeting also deliberated a range of proposals aimed at boosting revenue. These include desk audit and analysis of income tax return records to check buying and selling of immovable properties, bank account transactions, foreign travel patterns, and domestic sales tax activities declared in the monthly sales tax returns.
The FBR Chairman called for a further tightening of tax enforcement and accelerated efforts to broaden the tax base through intensified compliance measures.
He emphasised that the government’s strategy of digitising the economy, promoting cashless transactions, and strengthening enforcement while maintaining business momentum has begun to deliver tangible and sustainable results.
In addition, participants discussed various options to address issues in the faceless tax system, as well as the auction of non-duty-paid vehicles to generate approximately Rs50 million.
Senior FBR officials also briefed the meeting on ongoing digital initiatives and efforts to revamp human resources to enable a more system-driven audit framework.
Sources further said that the FBR chairman has directed the formation of committees to refine these proposals, which are expected to be incorporated into the upcoming federal budget.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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