ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday took a serious notice of the “willful” delay in tax cases and issued orders for suspension of Commissioner Inland Revenue Islamabad and other relevant officials, a PM’s office said in a statement on Wednesday.
While issuing a directive for the suspension of all the relevant officials, Shehbaz Sharif also asked for initiating a probe against them, PM Office Media Wing said in a press statement.
Soon following assuming the office, the prime minister had issued directives for immediate reforms in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and decided to supervise the process himself.
As per media reports, Shehbaz Sharif took notice of as billions of rupees’ cases related to government revenues have been pending for adjudication in the Tax Tribunals. The PM had also requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for the early disposal of such cases.
Recently, Shehbaz Sharif took a notice of one of these pending cases in which an FBR lawyer had sought adjournment and also directed the relevant officials to probe into the matter. The PM observed that the national exchequer had been suffering because of the pendency of such cases involving worth billions of rupees tax matters.
