Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government has decided to change Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Ashfaq Ahmed, well-placed sources told Bol News.
According to sources, Asim Ahmed, a BS-21 officer of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) and also a former chairman of the revenue board, is likely to take the charge. A summary in this regard has also been prepared.
Asim Ahmed has previously served as the FBR chairman from April 2021 to August 2021. He also held the additional charge of a member of the information technology (IT) in the FBR.
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On the development, the PTI government’s foreign minister Shaukat Tarin has expressed extreme displeasure.
Seems PDM govt is changing a competent and honest FBR chairman who will deliver 30% growth in revenues this year. If we add the waived Pet/diesel sales tax the collection goes up to 6.4trn or 36%+,highest in the history, what message are we sending, that merit doesn’t count!!
— Shaukat Tarin (@shaukat_tarin) April 26, 2022
Taking to his Twitter account, Tarin said, “Seems PDM govt is changing a competent and honest FBR chairman who will deliver 30% growth in revenues this year.”
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Notably, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq was appointed as FBR’s chief in August 2021. He had replaced Asim Ahmed and was the 7th FBR chief appointed by the PTI government since coming into power in 2018.
