*ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue has transferred more than 2,500officers in a major reshuffle notified on Saturday.*
It is reportedly a move to increase revenue collection and side-linecorrupt officers.
According to a notification, the FBR in a grand scale shakeup has decidedto transfer officers in 16 offices ranging from grades 9 to 16. The changeshave taken place in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
Other regions include Peshawar, Gujranwala, Multan, Faisalabad, Hyderabad,Quetta, Abbottabad. Sukkur, Sialkot, Sahiwal, Bhawalpur and Sargodha.
A total of 2,150 officers of FBR’s inland revenue departments across thecountry have been replaced.
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In Karachi, 726 officers from grade 9 to 14 have been replaced from theinland revenue department while 565 officers of the same department havebeen replaced in Lahore.
As many as 500 officers have been replaced in the Customs wing.
