Federal Minister for Finance aur Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb ne Jumma ke din American Business Council (ABC) ke waft se mulaqat ki.
ABC ke President Kamran Attaullah Khan ki qiyadat mein anay walay waft mein Pakistan mein kaam karnay wali barray American companies ke senior executives shamil thay. Finance Division aur FBR ke senior officers bhi is mulaqat mein mojood thay.
Mulaqat ke aaghaz mein Wazir-e-Khazana ne apne haal hi ke Washington daure ka tazkara kiya jahan World Bank aur IMF ke Spring Meetings mein hissa lete hue unhon ne US-Pakistan Business Council ke sath mufeed guftagu ki.
Unhon ne Pakistan ki maashi taraqqi mein American companies ke kirdar ko saraha aur kaha:
“America ka Pakistan mein investment scale aur depth dono hi qabil-e-tareef hain, aur hum is partnership ko mazeed barhane ke mutamanni hain.”
ABC ke waft ne mukhtalif sector-specific masail aur tajawiz pesh ki. Aurangzeb ne unki input ko khushi se qubool kiya aur kaha ke budget proposals waqt par dena bohot zaroori hai.
“Dialogue sirf budget cycle tak mehdood nahi rehna chahiye, balke musalsal hona chahiye,” unka kehna tha.
Unhon ne yeh bhi bataya ke hukumat aik structured aur predictable policy environment banane ke liye kaam kar rahi hai, jisme Tax Policy Office ko mazid taqatwar banaya ja raha hai aur aik Advisory Panel bhi qaim kiya ja raha hai.
Wazir-e-Khazana ne Pakistan ke macroeconomic stabilization par roshni dalte hue kaha:
“Agar hum IMF ke 25th program se bachna chahte hain to reforms ko sustain karna hoga. Boom aur bust cycles se nikalne ka rasta sirf structural reforms hai.”
Unhon ne formal sector ke revenue mein kirdar ko bhi ahem qarar diya aur kaha ke hukumat ka iraada tax base ko barhane, har sector mein enforcement ko yaqini banane, aur tax ka bojh sirf compliant logon tak mehdood rakhne ka hai.
“Supply aur value chains mein ab leakages ki koi gunjaish nahi hogi. Economy ko formalize karne ke liye FBR reforms aur end-to-end digitization ka rasta ikhtiyar kiya gaya hai,” unhon ne wazahat ki.
Capacity building par baat karte hue, unhon ne kaha ke funding available hai, lekin ab zaroorat hai technical expertise aur tactical support ki.
“Humein kuch areas mein capital se zyada know-how chahiye — aur is silsilay mein hum taawun ka khushamdeed kehte hain,” unka kehna tha.
Mulaqat khushgawar mahol mein khatam hui jahan dono taraf se irada zahir kiya gaya ke mil kar Pakistan ke economic challenges ko hal kiya jaye aur naye trade aur investment ke mokaay dhoondhe jayein.
