Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday expressed the confidence that measures suggested for the upcoming budget would help attain sustained and inclusive growth.
Chairing a meeting of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Islamabad, Dar discussed the finalisation of budgetary proposals.
The finance minister emphasised completion of the FBR budget related exercise at the earliest.
The FBR chairman giving an update on the state of revenue collection said it exhibited a positive trend and target of revenue collection for the current year would be met.
The meeting also held a discussion on matters related to withholding tax and the future course of action to be adopted in this respect.
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Meanwhile, a delegation of Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan held a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad.
The meeting noted that the external account of the country is stable and foreign exchange reserves have reached an all-time high level of 21.6 billion dollars.
The delegation sought the finance minister’s support for resolution of their problems.
Dar assured that their proposals for next budget would be considered in the ongoing budget exercise and their genuine problems would also be addressed.
