{
  "id": 14022808,
  "title": "PM Shehbaz directs FBR to complete digital production monitoring system across major industries by year end",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pm-shehbaz-directs-fbr-to-complete-digital-production-monitoring",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T18:42:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2036676/pm-shehbaz-directs-fbr-to-complete-digital-production-monitoring-system-across-major-industries-by-year-end"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to complete the digital monitoring system for sales production in major industries by the end of December. This move aims to narrow the gap between actual and potential tax collection. The monitoring system has already been fully installed in sectors such as sugar, cement, tobacco, tiles, and fertilisers. The system is currently being installed in textile, packaged water, packaged juice, and packaged milk sectors, with the equipment purchase completed. The expected completion of the monitoring systems in steel, poultry, and tires sectors is by October 15, while for tea, household electronics, leather, paper and board, and oil and ghee sectors, it is expected by October 30.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}