PM Shehbaz directs FBR to double revenue collection target in FY27

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to double the revenue collection target from Rs389 billion in 2025–26 to Rs778 billion in 2026–27 through stricter enforcement measures, reported 24NewsHD TV Channel on Wednesday.

The Federal Board of Revenue Chairman, Rashid Mehmood Langrial, presided over a meeting to review new revenue mobilisation measures for the next fiscal year.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also called for tighter enforcement of tax collection through modern, automated monitoring of the country’s most productive sectors in a bid to curb evasion and significantly increase state revenue.

The meeting was informed that the FBR has collected Rs389 billion through enforcement measures during the current fiscal year 2026.

This figure includes over Rs50 billion generated from the tobacco sector through ongoing operations against illicit and smuggled cigarettes.

Keeping in view the potential to generate additional revenue through recovery measures, the Prime Minister has set an ambitious target of Rs778 billion under the enforcement measures head for the next fiscal year.

The FBR has recovered Rs874 billion through enforcement measures during 2024-25. The FBR has achieved the assigned target of Rs389 billion under the enforcement measures head during 2025-26.

In 2024-25, FBR was able to recover Rs874 billion through strict enforcement measures against Rs105 billion in 2023-24.

This eight-fold increase was driven by specific interventions, structural, and governance changes.

Reporter: Waqas Azeem