Action will taken against tax defaulters by govt: Asad Umer

Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Monday that the defaulters should start paying their due taxes as unlike the previous government, the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government won't just settle on mere statements.

The finance minister in his response to the opposition leader's speech claimed that the gas has been increased by only ten percent for the poor and 145 percent for the rich.

Umar said that the fertilizer prices won't be raised and a subsidy of over Rs 6bn will be given to the farmers.