ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Pasha transferred on Saturday more than a dozen grade-21 officers, including Member Inland Revenue (Operation) Rehmatullah Wazir.

The change follows the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which mentioned serious irregularities in the wealth statements and income tax returns of the Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.

Earlier, Mr Dar appointed his trusted bureaucrat Tariq Pasha as FBR chairman. Mr Pasha worked with the finance minister as additional secretary in the finance ministry for over a couple of years.

Around 18 top officers of the Inland Revenue Services (IRS) posted in various regional tax offices were transferred on Saturday. The notification to this effect was issued by the chairman in the evening following the visit of Mr Dar to the FBR head office.

According to the notification, Tasneem Rehman was transferred and posted as Member Adminis­tration Islamabad, Khawaja Tanveer Ahmad as Member IR-Operations Islamabad, Rehmatullah Khan Wazir as Member Taxpayers Audit Islamabad, Nausheen Javaid Amjad as Member FATE Islamabad, Khawaja Adnan Zahir as Member IT Wing Islamabad.

Moreover, Syed Ayaz Mahmood was posted as Director General Special Initiatives Islamabad (stationed in Karachi), Dr Fazal Muha­mmad Abrejo as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Corporate Regional Tax Office (CRTO) Karachi, and Seema Shakil as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) Karachi. Lahore LTU Chief Commissioner Zulqarnain Tirmizi was assigned the additional charge of Chief Commissioner-IR RTO-II Lahore till the posting of a regular incumbent.

According to the notification, Shad Muhammad was transferred and posted as Director General at Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue Islamabad, Mahbooba Razzaq as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office Rawalpindi, and Dr Muhammad Akram Khan as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO Faisalabad. Syed Imran Raza Kazmi, Chief Commissioner RTO Sialkot, was assigned the additional charge of Chief Commissioner-IR RTO Gujranwala till the posting of a regular incumbent.

Muhammad Tanvir Akhtar was posted as Director General OPS BTB Islamabad, Habibullah Khan as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue OPS RTO Islamabad, Naheed Azhar as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue OPS RTO Hyderabad, Mehmood Aslam as Director General OPS WHT Islamabad, and Amir Ali Khan Talpur as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue OPS RTO Abbottabad.

Published in Dawn, July 16th, 2017