ISLAMABAD: Moving well past its original June deadline for completing the rightsizing of the federal government, the Cabinet Committee on Rightsizing (CCR) on Tuesday turned its attention to reforming the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), describing it as “at the core of Pakistan’s fiscal architecture”.

The meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, reviewed the status of various ministries and divisions, including the Power Planning and Monitoring Company (PPMC), the Ministry of Law, and the Revenue Division (FBR). The finance minister had earlier announced in January that the rightsizing of all 42 federal ministries and their attached entities would be completed before the end of FY25 to improve efficiency and reduce........

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