ISLAMABAD – Finance Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday said that the governmentwas considering launching a new tax amnesty scheme, which he said wouldallow assets within Pakistan as well as abroad to be declared.
“It’s possible that we announce the new amnesty scheme before the newbudget,” said the finance minister in a brief chat with media personnel inIslamabad. “The scheme has not been finalised yet. We are still seekingadvice on the matter.”
Umar also shared his views on the political future of fellow PTI leaderJahangir Tareen, who stands disqualified from holding a public office butas Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi recently objected, still attendscabinet meetings.
“The Supreme Court has not barred Jahangir Tareen from breathing,” Umarsaid as he took a contrasting stance to that of Qureshi’s. “The primeminister can call whomsoever he wishes to cabinet meetings. Jahangir Tareenonly sits in the meetings with the prime minister’s permission.”
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Moreover, the finance minister distanced his ministry from the recent hikein the prices of petroleum products, saying that price determination is theprerogative of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA).
