{
  "id": 1832205,
  "title": "Tax matters hearing: RTO officials’ absence irks ATIR Multan bench",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/tax-matters-hearing-rto-officials-absence-irks-atir-multan-bench",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T23:48:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435456/tax-matters-hearing-rto-officials-absence-irks-atir-multan-bench"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR), Multan Bench, comprising Khurram Shahbaz Butt, Presiding Member, and Naveed Zafar Khan, Member, Tuesday took serious note of the non-appearance of departmental representatives from Regional Tax Office (RTO) Bahawalpur and RTO Sahiwal in taxation matters fixed before the Bench. Sources said that the Multan Bench Tribunal also took exception…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}