On the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, 12 senior officers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) were removed from their posts.
According to the sources, 12 officers of grade 21 and 22 were relieved from the posts and the services were handed over to the FBR admin pool, FBR issued a notification to remove the officers from the posts.
According to the notification, the services of Member Customs Accounting Mukram Jah Ansari, Member IR Policy Afaq Qureshi have also been transferred to Admin Pool, Member Customs Operations Dr Farid Iqbal Qureshi, Shah Bano Khan DGIOCO have been transferred to Member Admin Pool. .
Dr Farid Iqbal Qureshi Member Customs Operation, Tariq Mustafa Khan Accounting Member and Ahmed Rauf DG Law and Prosecution have been assigned to Admin Pool, Haider Ali Dharija Chief Commissioner Karachi has been sent to Member Admin Pool.
Prime Minister’s action, Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Islamabad, concerned officers suspended, inquiry ordered
According to the notification, the services of Muhammad Azam Sheikh DG Internal Audit, Chief Collector Appraisal Karachi Muhammad Saleem, Chief Commissioner RTO Karachi to Abdul Waheed O’Kelly, Chief Commissioner RTO Islamabad Khurshid Marwat have also been entrusted to the member admin pool.
The Prime Minister took notice of the deliberate delay in tax cases
Taking notice of the deliberate delay in tax cases, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif suspended the Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Islamabad and all his related officers and ordered an inquiry.**
The Prime Minister said that the friendship between Pakistan and China is deeper than the seas and higher than the Himalayas, there will be no compromise in providing security for Chinese companies operating in Pakistan and their employees.
The Prime Minister invited the Shanghai Electric Group to shift the country’s imported coal-fired power plants to local coal and further expand coal mining projects.
He said that the Government of Pakistan will provide all facilities to the Chinese investors to further expand the existing projects. In the meeting, the delegation briefed the Prime Minister on the progress of various projects so far.