Nausheen Amjad replaces Shabbar Zaidi as FBR chairperson
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Shabbar Zaidi has been removed as the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman with immediate effect, and Nausheen Javaid Amjad has been appointed the new chairperson, it emerged on Monday.
Amjad is a BS-22 officer of Inland Revenue Service presently posted as Member (Administration).
The federal cabinet approved the summary for the new FBR chairperson through circulation.
According to the notification by the Establishment Division dated April 3, the selection committee "unanimously recommended" that Amjad be appointed as the new chairperson, adding that Zaidi had been appointed as the chairperson for a period of two years on an honorary basis.
Amjad had taken over as acting chairperson of the FBR in January after Zaidi had gone on indefinite leave citing health reasons.
When contacted over the phone, Zaidi had told Dawn that he was in Karachi. “I am on leave and under medical treatment,” he had said.
Sources in the FBR had told Dawn that before going on leave, Zaidi had met Adviser to the Prime Minister on Revenue Dr Hafeez Shaikh and senior officials of the finance division and had informed them that he was taking leave for an indefinite period.
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Apr 06, 2020 03:08pm
Another drama appointment by PTI ends and now Shabbar can advise his clients on new ways of paying less taxes and make more advisory money... what a shame and sham this rudderless govt is
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Apr 06, 2020 03:21pm
Easy come, easy go
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Apr 06, 2020 03:28pm
Change you may, the Whole of Pakistan...but no good will happen unless the 'Only One to be Changed' is finally changed...
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Apr 06, 2020 03:39pm
Too little, too late. He should have been fired long time ago.
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Apr 06, 2020 03:43pm
Mafia not allowing tabdili
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Apr 06, 2020 03:51pm
What did he accomplished in his year or so appointment, probably nothing? Let's hope the new FBR chairperson will be more proactive and will perform his duty diligently with more tangible results!
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Apr 06, 2020 03:52pm
Alarming that FBR chairman ran off from his job.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:02pm
The Mafia Has Won Again
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Apr 06, 2020 04:07pm
Is there any professional that can work with PTI more than a few months? Only lotas and old rejects seem to hang around. Anyone with good intention is quickly disillusioned once they see real behind the scenes.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:09pm
Zaidi did nothing. Good ridden.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:11pm
Yeah, please go and teach how to evade taxes which you are good at.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:16pm
This is a clear failure of the Special Assistant to the PM on Finance.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:18pm
Good decision. How could he have performed aggressively being a Director of KMPG affiliated office in Pakistan. Without doubting his honesty, the position required some hard decisions which could have or have effected the company's clientele.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:20pm
You need to remove most of your ministers. They are completely useless for public.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:24pm
Where is the man said Tomato is Rupee 17 KG? You need to relive him immediately.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:28pm
Not worth doing an impossible task when the government itself can't take decisions and goes around in circle. Better step aside gracefully.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:45pm
The FBR needed a change. Instead of successfully neting big tax evaders they are wasting their resources in getting senior citizens to file reurns unnecessarily just to claim some success in increasing the number of filers.
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Apr 06, 2020 04:48pm
is this another case of corruption?
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Apr 06, 2020 05:01pm
By the time IK is done, he will have gone through the whole bureaucracy.
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Apr 06, 2020 05:18pm
Another sad day. IK ruining the country
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Apr 06, 2020 06:02pm
Asda Umar shabbir Zaidi all professional cannot work in this swamp
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Apr 06, 2020 06:04pm
Zaidi tried to improve the revenue structure, caught big thieves who were importing valuable items under the names of stones. Tried to document and tax every businessman in Pakistan, tried to improve the revenue collection to at least 7 trillion rupees without which this country can't survive in near future. But final nail in the coffin was trying to tax the corruption full property market by making DC rates increase. This made the wrath of powerful real estate developers of Pakistan and he was forced to leave. PM Imran can't stand on his decisions it seems.
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Apr 06, 2020 06:04pm
@Khalid Saeed, Who is mafia , can you name some and give to PTI
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Apr 06, 2020 06:30pm
He was not at his post for many months.
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Apr 06, 2020 06:31pm
@AHMED 40, 'the schemes you put forward, must have been learned in Nawaz and shabaz tenure.
Only difference is this is a clean government.
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Apr 06, 2020 06:32pm
@Usman, 'Change you may, the Whole of Pakistan...but no good will happen unless the 'Only One to be Changed' is finally changed...'
And he will never be changed because the narion wants him. Honest man you see.
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Apr 06, 2020 06:37pm
Honorary basis?? Ofcourse he has to go if he was not paid.
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Apr 06, 2020 06:48pm
Did he not have a boss to ask for leave, just by himself went on indefinite leave?
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Apr 06, 2020 06:55pm
@saeeds,
For Starters The Corrupt Bureaucracy of FBR
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Apr 06, 2020 07:22pm
Pakistani Trump playing his own appoint and fire game.
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Apr 06, 2020 08:08pm
Incompetent govt still shuffling cabinet after 2 years.
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Apr 06, 2020 08:42pm
@ALI, the real problem!!!
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Apr 06, 2020 08:47pm
@Novoice, the problem is not with IK. The problem is with people in Pakistan having some professional line and having any integrity. 99.9% persons in professional line are corrupt and members of one ir anither mafia. Shabbar has been a disappointing team professional from his day one till the day he finally disappeared with a lame pretext. Seems Pakistan has no honest bureaucrat or any clean professional. Sad.
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Apr 06, 2020 08:50pm
IK is throwing darts in dark, hoping they will hit the target.
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Apr 06, 2020 08:56pm
Bets on how long this appointment lasts..
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Apr 06, 2020 09:21pm
Zaidi's accountancy firm must have lost lots of clients, due his quest for 5 minutes of fame.
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Apr 06, 2020 09:42pm
What else Mr. Zaidi could say as his exit from his ceremonial post was eminent, firstly that his subordinate showing their opposition to a non cadre professional becoming their head by filing a lawsuit & secondly trying his best to improve upon collection of targeted revenue of 600 billions plus in the budget 2019-20, he miserably failed during the first 2 months of in his efforts when tax revenue remain short by 38 billions sales tax collection by 34 billions & excise duty by 69 billions. This occurred because he was heading a noncooperative machinery, inefficient & by & large corrupt, fizzling out his most earnest professional endeavors to improve this colonial era bureaucracy running on Estacode of 1860.
His departure caused due to failure despite best efforts to bring an improvement in FBR, confirms the Jan. 29, 2020, Transparency International‘s report, saying that corruption in Pakistan has increased since 2018. We urgently need structural & institutional reforms in the FBR.
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Apr 06, 2020 09:51pm
@Chris Dann, Good riddance. If that is what you mean.
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Apr 06, 2020 09:53pm
Though Shabbar Zaidi is an honest fellow, but his appointment ab initio was defective due to conflicting insterests. By profession he is CA, he is not suppose to play chess alone . A CA practicing his own firm is not suppose to sit on Tax recovering Authority.
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Apr 06, 2020 10:01pm
Probably did not see eye-to-eye with important people who have worked for many years for foreign organizations, or fail to move eagerly against those folks who are on the wrong side of the people in power.
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Apr 06, 2020 10:07pm
Life time opportunity for MS. Nausheen to make her mark.in.the history of the country. For this she needs to bring desire changes in FBR. Is she competent enough to complete this task. I think she has gained such heights that is ultimate as the employee of FBR. MS Nausheen be brave and bring.those changes that you think will improve working of FBR.
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Apr 06, 2020 10:12pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, Don't you think somebody else must be fired also?
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Apr 06, 2020 10:16pm
@Novoice, Because PTI never wants them to run with them...
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Apr 06, 2020 10:21pm
@ Novoice
You summarized the situation perfectly. Welldone.
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Apr 06, 2020 10:21pm
Another Victory of PTI ?
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Apr 06, 2020 10:25pm
Mafia in FBR don't want to change .Recently i went to a famous restaurant in ocean mall Karachi main branch in dao darya which is earning millions ..written inside no credit card payment only cash payment..I doubt whether paying tax or sale tax collecting from customer
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Apr 06, 2020 10:29pm
I am interested to do this job
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Apr 06, 2020 10:29pm
Good move!
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Apr 06, 2020 10:45pm
We are not impressed by Shabbar Zaidi's performance. No matter who so ever takes his place. The real problem lies with the Central Leader & his lack of vision.
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Apr 06, 2020 10:52pm
Only in recent memory was his appointment was hailed as great decision. What happened?
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Apr 06, 2020 11:32pm
@Sachin, - appears to be a practical U turn
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Apr 06, 2020 11:39pm
Sure IK has to fight a lot of corruption.
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Apr 07, 2020 12:22am
Which one of the two is more INcompetent. We know both are. It's just a question of degree.
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Apr 07, 2020 01:59am
A lot of chasing ordinary people for more taxes and then an amnesty for construction stalwarts. Needs a compliant FBR head I suppose.
A minister singled out for alleged wrong doing is switched to economic affairs responsiblitiy.
Interesting ways in which this government works.
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Apr 07, 2020 02:16am
@Khalid Saeed, sir u don’t really have any idea how dedicated, honest & hardworking is the current top brass of FBR working late nights away from their families despite majority are plus 55 years of age? Esp Chairperson & lady member IR ops.
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Apr 07, 2020 03:53am
Probably PM IMRAN was trying the Australian solution. The Tax Commissioner in Australia was from KPMG and has implemented new tax laws and investigation. The new investigations/audit has generated a lot of revenue for the country.
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Apr 07, 2020 05:13am
Pakistan society is unique society, that require abnormal measures to purify society. First step should start from abolishing zamindari that is eating Pakistan since its birth.
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Apr 07, 2020 06:54am
Shabbar is a smart guy who was able to get out of this mess smartly !
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