June 27, 2002	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1423

ISLAMABAD, June 26: The government is likely to bring all Pakistani nationals working in the foreign embassies, consulates under tax net.

Well-placed sources told Dawn on Wednesday that a formal letter has been sent to the foreign office by Central Board of Revenue (CBR) for seeking details of all those Pakistani nationals working there.

Foreign office would sent letters to all embassies and consulates for the same to get the list of Pakistani nationals with details of salaries income getting from the respective embassies, the sources said.

The tax authorities have detected that most of the Pakistani nationals working in foreign embassies were not filing their tax returns with the income tax department.

The sources said that after getting details, they would be issued notices to get themselves registered with income tax department shortly.

It was observed that most of the Pakistanis working in the foreign embassies were getting exorbitant salaries, however, they have not registered themselves with the income tax department for deduction of taxes from their salaries.