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Faisalabad traders to besiege FBR headquarters on 18th

Withholding tax

By our correspondents

August 17, 2015

FAISALABAD: The Anjuman-e-Tajran (Supreme) and Allied group have decided to besiege the FBR Headquarters against the imposition of 0.3 per cent withholding tax on bank transactions in Islamabad on August 18. The decision was taken in a meeting of the traders held here on Sunday. Anjuman-e-Tajran president Javed Zafar presided over the meeting.

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