The FBR’s data showed that since July last year, it had dismissed 29 officials from service. These include one grade-20 officer, two grade-19 officers, four grade-18 officers and 15 grade-16 officials, according to the official record. A summary for removal from service of one grade-21 officer is pending with the Establishment Division for onward transmission to the Prime Minister’s Office, according to the FBR officials. Similarly, another grade-21 officer has managed to reduce the punishment on charges of concealment of assets made through undisclosed sources from dismissal to just “censure”, the FBR officials told The Express Tribune. The FBR secured stay orders from Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Sindh courts in the past few weeks, including two stay orders against the FTO decision to inspect the Karachi and Islamabad Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) zones.

Source: The Express Tribune August 06, 2021 03:33 UTC