Islamabad, August 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):Finance Minister Miftah Ismail says the government has not imposed any new taxes on petroleum products. Talking to a private television channel, he said increasing petroleum prices would have little impact on the people.

The Finance Minister said petroleum prices are still lower in Pakistan as compared to Bangladesh and India. In reply to a question about collecting taxes from traders, he said a target has been set to generate 27 billion rupees from the trader community. To a question about fix tax issue, he said it was a mistake to impose fix tax on traders.

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