Minister directs achieving revenue collection targets

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Syed Fakhar Jehan directed the Excise and Taxation offices in Peshawar and district-level officers to intensify efforts to achieve revenue collection beyond the assigned targets. He was speaking during a meeting at the Directorate General of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Hayatabad, to review the six-month performance of tax recovery across the province.The minister emphasised the need to expand the tax net and ensure that new taxable units are brought under taxation strictly in accordance with the law. The minister stressed that officers should not remain content merely with achieving set targets, but must actively mobilise their field staff to enhance tax collection beyond expectations.