KARACHI: A team of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Karachi were taken hostage at a marriage hall for hours.

According to Assistant Commissioner FBR Muhammad Hamza, the marriage hall located on Dalmia Road in Karachi was showing a little less income. On the basis of which the raid was conducted. When the FBR team reached there, the staff of the marriage hall took them hostage.

Muhammad Hamza said that as soon as the incident was reported, he immediately reached there and talked to the staff of the marriage hall, after which some people were initially released.

The Assistant Commissioner said that the police authorities were also informed about the incident, but the staff of the wedding hall was not leading the police in any way.

Finally, after several hours of negotiations, all the officers and employees were released from the wedding hall.

The Assistant Commissioner said that there was a departmental misunderstanding and in the morning the staff of the marriage hall has been summoned to the FBR office.

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Earlier, The incumbent government has no option but to consider implementing additional revenue measures, such as mini-budgets or expenditure cuts, after the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) failed to achieve its tax targets.