ISLAMABAD. The Federal Board of Revenue has frozen Pakistan International Airlines’ bank accounts over non-payment of taxes, a PIA spokesman said.
The airline’s management was in contact with the FBR, the spokesman, Abdullah Hafeez Khan, said and hoped that the accounts would be unblocked soon.
He insisted that flight operations and other activities of PIA were continuing as usual despite the blocking of its accounts.
According to sources, PIA owed about Rs2.8 billion to the FBR in taxes. However, the airline claims its dues amount to around Rs1.3bn.
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