ISLAMABAD – In a setback, United Arab Emirates government not cooperatingwith Pakistan over the Pakistani Iqama holders information, Media Reporthas revealed citing government sources
It has been reported that the federal government is facing difficulty ingetting access to any actionable bank account information of Pakistani taxresidents allegedly hiding behind Iqama (work permit).
This was disclosed by Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ShabbarZaidi during a meeting of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.
“The UAE is a serious problem and is not giving data to Pakistan,” he saidand added that the UAE authorities interpret Iqama holders as residents anddo not provide access to their data.
“Our interpretation is that Iqama is not residency but a work permit,” headded.
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Zaidi further said,
We wrote a letter to the Organization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD) whose response was that it does not agree with the UAEinterpretation of Iqama and would pursue the matter.
