Pakistan, Switzerland to sign exchange of information agreement: Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a policy statement in the National Assembly on Wednesday said that Pakistan is going to sign an agreement with Switzerland on exchange of information regarding bank accounts on March 21.   He said that several meetings were held with the Swiss authorities and now they have invited Pakistan to sign the agreement.   The finance minister said Pakistan has already signed the Multilateral Convention on Tax Matters with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on September 14 which will be operationalized next year. He said Pakistan is 104th member of the organization.   He said after the operationalization of this convention, it will be impossible to keep tax evasion money in these countries.