Inland Revenue Service

FBR curtails condonation powers of commissioner-IR to two years

Islamabad, January 9, 2026 – In a decisive regulatory revision, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has curtailed the condonation authority of Commissioner Inland Revenue (IR), reducing the maximum permissible time-limit from three years to two years. This amendment, formalized through SRO 14(I)/2026, supersedes the earlier SRO 1444(I)/2024, which had previously conferred broader discretionary powers […]

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FBR Pakistan Karachi

FBR terminates preventive officer in high-profile bribery scandal at Karachi Airport

Karachi, January 9, 2026 – In a dramatic enforcement of bureaucratic accountability, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sacked Preventive Officer Syed Arshad Ali (BS-16) from service over his alleged involvement in a foreign currency bribery case at Karachi Airport. The decisive action underscores the government’s zero-tolerance stance against corruption and procedural malfeasance in […]

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