- FBR present Personalized risk management system.
- Initial tests show more than 92% performance improvement.
- The release of goods via the green canal has increased by more than twice.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif underlined that the reforms of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) were among the main priorities of the government, and that the new modern technology system would cause business and provide convenience to taxpayers, The news reported.
“By automating the tax system, we make it more transparent and more effective,” said Prime Minister Shehbaz during the presidency of a meeting concerning the FBR where it was informed that for the first time in the history of Pakistan, a risk management system (RMS) based on artificial intelligence (AI).
“During the initial tests of the new system, more than 92% performance was observed,” said the meeting. The briefing also pointed out that not only was 83% of additional declarations of additional goods (GD) determined for tax collection, but the release of the goods by the green channel has also increased twice and a half.
Expressing his point of view on occasion, the Prime Minister said that because of a reduced human intervention, the system would be more effective, which saves time and money.
The PM has ordered the new system to integrate and sustainable and congratulated the officers and staff who worked on the development of the new risk management system.
In addition, the group was informed that within the framework of the new system, the estimate of the cost and nature of the goods during import and export would be led by AI and bots – software that can run orders, respond to messages or perform routine tasks.
The new risk management system, based on modern technology, will improve permanently thanks to automation using automatic learning, as well as the movement of goods, has been informed of the meeting.
He was informed at the meeting that the new risk management system would bring transparency to the system, would minimize human intervention and provide ease of businessmen. With the launch of the new system, an immediate and effective estimate of goods and their cost would be possible, which would cause time to save.
Participants were informed that the implementation of the new system would reduce pressure on customs agents, would improve transparency and efficiency and facilitate businessmen.
The meeting was informed of the measures based on video analysis to increase tax collection in the manufacturing sector. The Minister of Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, the Minister of Information, Attaullah Tarar, the president of the FBR and other senior officials attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release that Prime Minister Shehbaz had congratulated the FBR and the Intelligence Office (IB) for their efforts to increase tax collection and stressed that all competent authorities should work together to increase national tax revenues.
He observed that the stability of the Pakistani economy was made possible due to the joint efforts of the team, stressing that everyone should collaborate for the economic progress of the country and the prosperity of the people.
The Prime Minister received a report from the FBR and IB on operations against tax evasion and hoarding. According to the report, the joint efforts of the IB and the FBR led to the resumption of RS178 billion.
These measures led to an increase of 69 billion rupees of tax revenue through the company mergers and telecommunications sector contributions, it was added.
The IB carried out 515 raids in the sugar, animal food, drinks, edible oil, tobacco and cement sectors. Following these operations, 10.5 billion rupees of additional taxes were recovered by counteracting tax evasion attempts, added the report.
To overcome the hoarding and increase in artificial prices, the IB has carried out more than 13,000 operations in the sugar, fertilizers and wheat sectors, entering goods with illegally worth 99 billion rupees since April 2022, the report said.
Hike of austerity pensions and measures
In addition, the federal government has also informed an increase in net pension by 7% for retirement civilian staff, from July 1, 2025.
The government has also decided to continue austerity measures during the current financial year by prohibiting seven measures such as the purchase of all types of vehicles, with the exception of operational vehicles such as ambulances and other medically equipped vehicles, fire -fighting vehicles, buses and vans for educational institutions, solid waste vehicles and motorcycles; the supply of machines / equipment, with the exception of those required for hospitals / laboratories / agriculture / mining / schools; Creation of new messages, including paid / temporary publications; Continuation of paid positions / possible temporary beyond a year; treatment abroad at government costs; And all non -compulsory visits abroad where government financing was involved. All messages that have been vacant in recent years will be abolished.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance during the increase in the pension, indicating that the president was happy to sanction an increase at the rate of 7% of the net pension with effect of July 1, 2025 to all civilian retirees of the federal government, including civilians paid by defense estimates as well as the retirement staff of the armed forces and the civil armed forces.
The increase will also be eligible for the family pension granted within the framework of the Gratuity Pension Plan, 1954, and liberalized retirement rules, 1977, such as modified from time to time, on pension sanctioned under the federal rules of civil services (extraordinary pension) as well as on the compassion for compassion under CSR-353.
For the admissibility of the increase, the term net pension means that “the net pension being drawn on June 30, 2025 less medical allowance”. This pension will be called basic pension for the calculation of instant and future increases. The said increase will be maintained as a separate amount in terms of financial division OM no 9 (3) R-6 / 2024-403 of January 1, 2025.
If the gross pension sanctioned by the federal government is shared with any government in accordance with the rules established in Part IV of Annex III in the Code of Accounts, the volume I, the amount of the pension increase will be distributed between the federal government and the other government concerned on a proportional basis.
The increase in the sanctioned pension will not be eligible for a special additional pension authorized instead of the ordered allowance before retirement and the monetized value of a driver or an order. The cabinet has also approved that: – (1) The following austerity measures must also be applicable mutatis mutandis during the year 2025-26 2023; and approved by the cabinet on August 27, 2024 and notified by the letter of the finance division n ° 7 (1) Exp-IV / 2024 of September 4, 2024.
In the case of public enterprises, these austerity measures will be considered as a management of the federal government under article 35 of the law of 2023 public enterprises belonging to the public property of their respective organic laws in the case of statutory organizations.