KARACHI, Aug 2: The Sindh Board of Revenue (SBR) has said that the proposal for creation of a Sindh revenue authority is going on since 2001 and the previous government failed to finalise their views on the subject.

Commenting on a news item published in Dawn on July 30, an SBR spokesman said that the present Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of minister of revenue, which has held meetings and will send their recommendations to the chief minister for further action.

The committee members include minister of excise and taxation, representatives of finance department and officials of excise and taxation and board of revenue.