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      <title>All political parties have consensus on increasing tax to GDP ratio: Ikhtiar</title>
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      <description>&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2010/dec/dr-mirza-ikhtiar-baig_400.jpg" alt="dr-mirza-ikhtiar-baig_400" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" width="400" height="570" /&gt;ISLAMABAD:  Advisor to Prime Minister on Textile Mirza Ikhtiar Baig has said on  Wednesday that all political parties have consensus on increasing tax to  GDP ratio.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Talking  to Radio Pakistan, he said the RGST bill will be tabled in the  parliament to make it acceptable for all political parties after  thorough debate on it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Commenting  on the statement of Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira that  the bill will be tabled in the National Assembly after removing all  reservations of political parties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Mirza  Ikhtiar Baig said some political parties are giving political colour to  the economic issue of tax and they are more intended to impose  agriculture tax to broaden tax net.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;He  added all the issues can be discussed with political leaders and other  stakeholders, including federation, chambers and business community to  take a suitable decision.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;To a question, he said methodology for collection of tax can also be evolved after discussion with political parties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2010&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><img src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2010/dec/dr-mirza-ikhtiar-baig_400.jpg" alt="dr-mirza-ikhtiar-baig_400" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" width="400" height="570" />ISLAMABAD:  Advisor to Prime Minister on Textile Mirza Ikhtiar Baig has said on  Wednesday that all political parties have consensus on increasing tax to  GDP ratio.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Talking  to Radio Pakistan, he said the RGST bill will be tabled in the  parliament to make it acceptable for all political parties after  thorough debate on it.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Commenting  on the statement of Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira that  the bill will be tabled in the National Assembly after removing all  reservations of political parties.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mirza  Ikhtiar Baig said some political parties are giving political colour to  the economic issue of tax and they are more intended to impose  agriculture tax to broaden tax net.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">He  added all the issues can be discussed with political leaders and other  stakeholders, including federation, chambers and business community to  take a suitable decision.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To a question, he said methodology for collection of tax can also be evolved after discussion with political parties.</p>
<p><center><b><i>Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2010</i></b></center></p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:53:01 +0500</pubDate>
      <author>none@none.com (Fakir Syed Iqtidaruddin)</author>
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