FBR deducts Rs329m from RDA account as income tax
Summary
Rawalpindi-Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority Arif Abbasi revealed that Federal Bureau of Revenue had deducted Rs329.072 million ‘illegally’ from official account of RDA on pretext of income tax. Deputy Director Public Affairs WASA Umar Farooq and Media Manager RDA Hafiz Irfan were also present on the occasion. “We have been allocated Rs260.40 million for running the affairs of the authority but we have saved huge amount while acting upon the PM’s drive of austerity,” the chairman added. He said that RDA had launched a massive crackdown against owners of illegal/unapproved housing societies and bulldozed their offices in order to save the citizens from being looted by these fraudsters. “The incumbent government has started work on 3 mega projects of Chehan, Dadocha and Ghazi Barotha dams in order to cater the need of water in the city,” he said.