ISLAMABAD – A special court on Friday granted bail to three Federal Boardof Revenue (FBR) officials in the case pertaining to the “illegal andunwarranted” leak of former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa andhis family members’ tax information.
Special Judge Azam Khan directed the FBR officials – Shahzad Niaz, ArshadAli and Adeel Ashraf – to submit the surety bonds of Rs50,000 each againsttheir bail.
On Jan 18, journalist Shahid Aslam’s bail plea was accepted by a localcourt in the federal capital in the same case.
A district and sessions court had handed over the journalist’s custody tothe Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on January 14 for a two-day physicalremand.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had on November 21 last year taken notice of the”illegal and unwarranted” leakage of tax information Gen (retd) Bajwa’sfamily.
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“This is clearly a violation of the complete confidentiality of taxinformation that the law provides,” a statement from the Finance Divisionread.
A day later, Dar shared that he has received the interim report related tothe leak of Gen (retd) Bajwa’s income tax records, adding that theauthorities have traced some people involved in the act.
