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title: "Salt Manufacturers Association seeks extension for tax returns"
description: "Both outlets reported that the Salt Manufacturers Association of Pakistan, led by Ismail Sattar (or Suttar), is requesting the Federal Board of Revenue to extend the deadline for submitting income tax returns, citing ongoing technical issues. The framing and details are nearly identical, with only minor variations in name spelling and phrasing."
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# Salt Manufacturers Association seeks extension for tax returns

business · updated 13 Oct 2026, 5:02 AM PKT · 12–13 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that the Salt Manufacturers Association of Pakistan, led by Ismail Sattar (or Suttar), is requesting the Federal Board of Revenue to extend the deadline for submitting income tax returns, citing ongoing technical issues. The framing and details are nearly identical, with only minor variations in name spelling and phrasing.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [Income tax returns: FBR urged to grant more time for submission](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443869/income-tax-returns-fbr-urged-to-grant-more-time-for-submission) · 13 Oct 2026, 5:02 AM PKT
  > KARACHI: Ismail Suttar, Chairman of the Salt Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SMAP), has called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to grant more time for the submission of income tax returns, pointing to ongoing technical glitches on the IRIS online filing system. He noted that many taxpayers are struggling to complete and lodge their returns because of repeated problems with the porta...
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [Salt Manufacturers demand tax return date extension](https://www.app.com.pk/business/salt-manufacturers-demand-tax-return-date-extension/) · 12 Oct 2026, 9:44 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Salt Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SMAP) chairman Ismail Sattar has called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to grant more time for the submission of income tax returns, pointing to ongoing technical glitches on the IRIS online filing system.

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [FBR extends income tax return filing deadline to October 15](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11017-fbr-chief-urged-to-extend-it-return-deadline) · 2 Oct 2026 · 20 outlets · 5 developments · 80% related
- [FBR extends 2026 income tax return filing deadline to October 31](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14519-breaking-fbr-to-extend-2026-tax-return-deadline) · 16 Oct 2026 · 11 outlets · 2 developments · 75% related
- [LCCI urges extension for income tax return filing deadline](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8732-lcci-seeks-extension-in-income-tax-return-filing-deadline) · 16 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 72% related
- [HCSTSI leaders urge extension of income tax return deadline](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14343-income-tax-returns-hcstsi-urges-fbr-to-extend-deadline) · 15 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 72% related
- [Sindh extends deadline for agricultural income tax returns](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11919-srb-extends-deadline-for-filing-agri-it-returns) · 2 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 71% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 12–13 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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