ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Saleem Mandviwalla, while talking to the media, said that around 1.5 million people have the National Tax Number (NTN), out of which only 0.9 million pay their taxes, Roznama Express reported Saturday.

On a question about terminating the requirement of NTN while purchasing a car, the finance minister answered that this would not affect the tax collections negatively because people issue NTN while purchasing a new car and afterwards they destroy it.