ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mission headed by Asad Aleem, Deputy Country Director of ADB, met Asim Ahmad, chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue, on Thursday at the FBR Headquarters, a press release said.

He was accompanied by Yuji Miyaki, public management specialist (taxation), and Farzana Noshab, senior economist of the ADB.

Both sides discussed the progress on the Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) Programme to support the resource mobilization initiatives of the Government for promoting an inclusive and evidence-based institutional framework for tax policy, administration, digital transformation and automation.

The policy actions were thoroughly reviewed in the meeting. It was agreed that the FBR was on track to achieve the targets of the programme and both sides will continue to work towards identifying further areas of cooperation.

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