Govt to present pro-investment, business-friendly budget: Haroon

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue and Federal Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan said Wednesday that the government was aiming at a pro-industry, pro-investment and business-friendly federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2018-19.

In two separate meetings with office bearers and members of Pakistan Dairy Association as well as Steel & Iron Merchants Association, he said that only through further development of different sectors of the economy, more revenues could be generated for the socio-economic uplift of the country.

The representatives of these associations shared proposals and recommendations with the minister for boosting growth and business opportunities in their respective sectors, according to statement issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) here.

State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan also co-chaired the meeting held with office-bearers of the Pakistan Dairy Association, the statement added.

The meetings were aimed at having an in-depth analysis of various proposals and recommendations shared by both the important bodies for the development and growth of their respective sectors.

Different proposals and recommendations were closely examined and scrutinized and both the bodies were assured that all their genuine and realistic proposals and demands for relief and incentives would be properly studied and presented to the federal cabinet for further evaluation and approval before being incorporated in the budget.