, Aug. 5 -- breaking 10,202 individual taxpayers filed their income tax returns online on the very first day of the e-return filing process for the fiscal year 2025-26, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said on Tuesday.

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed officially inaugurated the electronic return (e-return) submission system Monday.

According to an NBR press release issued Tuesday morning, the number of returns submitted on the first day marks a nearly fivefold increase compared to the same period last year when 2,344 returns were filed on September 9, 2024.

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