ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will not pursue incomeand sales tax cases against businessmen, the anti-graft body has announced.
In a press release posted on its website, the Bureau states that thebusiness community and the bureaucracy have shown their complete confidencetowards the body. “As NAB is a business friendly department and considersthat business community the backbone of the development of Pakistan, thatis why the chairman NAB has decided that in future the organisation willnot initiate cases related to sales tax and income tax,” the statement read.
The NAB chairman, it further added, has assured the business community thatthe self-respect of every person will be ensured and ample opportunity willbe provided to the bureaucracy and other people to prove their innocence.
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The press release also revealed that a memorandum of understanding has beeninked between Pakistan and China to ensure transparency in the projectsfalling under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
