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  • 3 years ago
Ishaq Dar says no plans to slap new taxes on agriculture, construction sectors
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00:00 The Minister of Treasury did not make sure that the tax on agriculture and construction was not imposed.
00:05 While taking care of the National Assembly, he made the talks of tax on the industry go viral.
00:10 There was a suspended program in the middle, the previous government undid its sovereign commitment.
00:17 So there was a big gap in Pakistan's credibility.
00:19 June 30 was the last year of fiscal year.
00:21 I signed it on behalf of Pakistan and the Governor State Bank,
00:25 which I have just placed on your record of the National Assembly.
00:30 When this new government came, the national savings were close to 14 billion.
00:35 In the coming time, the storm of inflation should stop and go down.
00:40 The State Bank, which has a resource, the monetary policy,
00:44 their working is that in two years, Pakistan's inflation will go down by 7%.
00:49 I have been trying to get this to the Charter of Economy since 2013,
00:53 but somehow they have not been able to do it yet.
00:56 Because there was a storm and I read in dozens of newspapers in the last few days,
01:02 I am giving a categorical statement,
01:04 not a single new tax will be imposed on agriculture or construction real estate.

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