ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has successfully blocked 210,000 mobile SIMs of non-filers and continues to block SIMs of non-filers.
The FBR blocked 210,000 mobile SIMs of non-filers while 61,996 SIMs have been restored on submission of tax returns.
Sources said that the data of 5000 mobile SIMs was being sent to the telecom companies on a daily basis. A total of 506,671 non-files will be blocked.
It should be remembered that the FBR had issued an Income Tax General Order to block the mobile SIMs of more than 606,000 people in the past few days.
According to FBR, the income of these persons is eligible to file income tax returns, but these persons are not filing despite being able to file income tax returns, these persons are not included in FBR active tax payer list, so they file income tax returns.
The mobile phone connections of non-users can be suspended at any time.
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