Tag: relief

  • ‘Sasta Ramzan Bazaar’ fails to provide relief in third Ashra

    Residents of Rawalpindi are still hoping for some relief at Ramzan Bazaars and utility stores. In the first two Ashras, the ‘Sasta Ramzan Bazaars’ have utterly failed to grab the public‘s interest by offering substandard items at hefty prices.

    People from all walks of life even urged Prime Minister (PM) Shahbaz Sharif to pay unannounced visits to Rawalpindi’s ‘Sasta Ramzan Bazaars’ and other open marketplaces to check the pricing and quality of products being sold in the last ‘Ashra’.

    In fact, all government personnel, even Deputy Commissioners and Commissioners, are expressing minimal concern to provide assistance to the public as they know they will be transferred after the oath of chief minister in Punjab is taken.

    According to trustworthy sources, the Punjab government will deploy strictly professional policemen around the province, especially in Rawalpindi, to bring a positive change despite the fact that the holy month is about to end.

    Read more: Lahore continues to face gas and power outage in Ramzan

    Due to the district government’s incompetence and poor administration, the ‘Sasta Ramazan Bazaars’ organised at Chungi No 22, Jarahi on Adiala Road, Committee Chowk, and Haidri Chowk have all miserably failed to provide assistance to the populace.

  • FBR records 29.1% growth during July 2021 to March 2022, despite providing ‘massive tax relief’

    The provisional revenue collection data for the months of July 2021 to March 2022 of the current financial year 2021-22 have been announced by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

    The net collection was Rs575 billion for the month of March 2022, up 20.5 per cent from Rs477 billion in March 2021.

    Conversely, the gross revenues, rose by 28.9 per cent in the current financial year, from Rs3,577 billion in July 2020 to March 2021 to Rs4,611 billion in July 2021 to March 2022. Furthermore, the amount of reimbursements granted in March 2022 was Rs31.9 billion, compared to Rs26.3 billion in March 2021, showing a 21.3 per cent upsurge.

    Then again, refunds of Rs229 billion were paid from July 2021 to March 2022, a 25 per cent increase over the Rs183 billion paid the previous year.

    Read more: Petrol, Diesel prices to remain unchanged till April 15

    It is worth noting that the continuous remarkable growth in revenue collection has been achieved despite the government providing ‘massive tax relief’ to the general public on a variety of vital commodities.

    For the first time in Pakistan’s history, the sales tax on all petroleum products was abolished, costing the FBR Rs45 billion in the past month.