Islamabad, October 29, 2025 – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has officially launched a comprehensive video surveillance and monitoring system for the sugar industry to enhance transparency, prevent tax evasion, and ensure accurate revenue collection. According to the Sales Tax General Order (STGO) No. 06 of 2025, the initiative is being implemented under Section 40C (2) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, which empowers the FBR to introduce electronic or video-based monitoring across notified manufacturing sectors. This move marks a major step toward digital transformation and transparency in Pakistan’s sugar sector. The FBR has directed that no sugar mill will be allowed to remove its production from business premises before it undergoes video-based production monitoring. The new system must be installed and operational before the upcoming sugar crushing season begins. To comply with the monitoring framework, sugar mills are required to procure and install Production Monitoring Equipment (PME) with advanced technical specifications. These include…