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Finance Minister reiterates firm commitment to promote Construction Industry
April 09, 2021

Finance Minister Hammad Azhar has reiterated the firm commitment of the government for promoting Construction Industry which has triggered an impressive growth underpinning V-shape recovery amid COVID-19 pandemic.

He was talking to a delegation of senior members of Stone Crushing Associations, led by the Punjab Minister for Labour and Human Resource Ansar Majeed Khan which called on him in Islamabad on Friday. 

The delegation apprised the Finance Minister about matters related to taxation, especially sales tax and requested to streamline the whole process by removing anomalies to facilitate stone crushing industry across the board.

While welcoming the delegation, the Finance Minister directed FBR to hold consultative sessions with the representatives of the Stone Crushing Associations and work out modalities for smooth enforcement of taxation benchmarks after evolving consensus among key stakeholders.