Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi sought banks cooperation in identifying benami accounts

Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi sought banks cooperation in identifying benami accounts

ISLAMABAD - Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi has sought the cooperation of banks in identifying the benami accounts.

In a statement today, he said we want the banks to seek details of benami accounts of their account holders.

He said the FBR does not want to directly contact the account holders in order to keep intact the confidence of the people on the tax collection body.

The Chairman said that the information regarding benami accounts will be kept secret. He said the cooperation of all the banks is very important to identify benami accounts. He said the banks have been requested to submit details of benami accounts in fifteen days' time.