ISLAMABAD:The taxpayers across the country on Monday have paid no heed to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's call for 'civil disobedience' and contributed more than Rs7billion to the national exchequer under the heads of General Sale Tax, Central Excise Duty, Custom and Withholding taxes, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) sources said.

The FBR sources told APP that even a senior leader of PTI Jehangir Khan Tareen paid Rs8 million under the head of Sales Tax, Income Tax and Customs duties to FBR on Monday and also cleared goods at a seaport.

They said that people are also paying sales tax at various shops across the country and paying taxes on daily basis.

“People are buying packed milk and other groceries and items for the general stores and are paying their taxes,” they remarked.

They said that on daily basis FBR releases Rs6 to 7 billion in terms of ST, CED, Withholding Tax and customs duties and on Monday the revenue authority collected more than Rs7 billion as usual.

“There is no reduction in the revenues of the government after the PTI's disobedience call as taxpayers are paying it according to their due share,” they claimed.

“This country belongs to all of us and as Pakistani citizen all the citizens should pay their due taxes for the socio economic prosperity of the country,” they remarked.

They termed the statement of the PTI Chief for disobedience as a “non-sense statement by an immature politician.'

All commercial banks are collecting utility bills from the residence of the twin cities as per routine and no reduction in the collection has been observed, the FBR sources said.