KARACHI: Provincial minister for Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that during current fiscal year in nine months from July 2017 to March 2018, Sindh Excise Department has recovered Rs47.206 billions in term of various taxes while in the same period in last financial year Rs42.189 billions were recovered and we are surely ahead of our target that shows the hardworking and commitment of our officers and officials.   

This he said while presiding over a meeting here in his office today.  Secretary Excise and Taxation & Narcotics Control Abdul Haleem,  Shaikh Director General Narcotics Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui and other officers also attended the meeting . The meeting was informed that Rs5.275 billions were collected in motor vehicle tax,  Rs36.180 billions in term of infrastructure cess, Rs287.889 millions in professional tax and Rs171.541 million in cotton fee. The meeting was further told that Rs1.601 billions were recovered in property tax, Rs41.487 millions in entertainment duty while remaining amount was received in heads of various taxes. Sindh minister for ET & NC Mukesh Kumar Chawla, while expressing his satisfaction over the performance of the department, asked the officers to get the target before the current fiscal year ended.—PR