The FBR on Wednesday presented to the prime minister a report about recovery of taxes from the sugar mills which according to a sugar inquiry commission had minted billions of rupees through illegal means. The FBR report stated that the tax authority recovered Rs404 billion from the sugar mills on account of taxes. However, the report did not contain any detail about the actions the FBR took against the sugar mills owned by political personalities. These mills include Al-Arabia, Alliance, Chanar, Etihad, Gulf, Hunza, Jauharabad, JDW, JK, Macca, Ramzan, RYK, Shahtaj, Shakarganj, Sheikhoo, Tandlianwala, Two Stars Limited, Chasma, Khazana and Premier sugar mills. Earlier, the prime minister had asked the FBR to recover all the taxes outstanding against the 89 sugar mills identified by the sugar inquiry commission.

Source: The Express Tribune March 10, 2021 19:40 UTC