PRA introduces modern tax system: Ayesha

Provincial Minister for Finance, Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has introduced a modern tax system free of fear spread and possibilities of corruption.

However, the success of this system is conditioned with sense of responsibility of taxpayers that payment of tax is their national obligation. They are becoming a cause of hindrance in the way of progress of the country by depriving the patients of treatment, a student from school and a labourer from his livelihood, she added.

She expressed these views while addressing a panel discussion on the topic, The Role of Social Media in Raising Tax Awareness under the aegis of PRA at LUMS.
The Minister said that bilateral communication is very necessary for improvement of administrative affairs and acquiring public confidence. She said that social media is most effective source of dual communication in the present age which on one hand gives complete freedom of expression of opinion to the people and on the other hand discourages un-liked social attitudes.

She said that social media can play an important role of dispelling prejudices and removing reservations pertaining to tax payment which can be made more affective with the participation of young generation especially male.

Published in Pakistan Observer, April 09^th, 2017