*ISLAMABAD: *
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed a penalty of Rs35 million onSarina Isa, wife of Supreme Court Judge Qazi Faez Isa, in a case related todisclosure of foreign properties.
Sources told *The Express Tribune* on Friday that the FBR has ruled thatSarina is liable to pay tax liabilities of Rs35 million over non-disclosureof three properties in the United Kingdom.
Under the Supreme Court June 19 order, Sarina may avail all legal optionsagainst the FBR order.
Raising doubts over the 164-page order issued on September 14, Sarinaaccused FBR official Zulfiqar Ahmed of creating “artificial tax liabilityof over Rs35 million” against her.
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“I don’t even know if he wrote the order himself,” she said in her writtenresponse vowing to challenge the FBR verdict.
She termed the FBR’s verdict “a piece of fiction”, saying the ruling wasissued without hearing her and the FBR official “condemned her unheard”.
Last month, Sarina Isa had disputed the FBR assessment about her income aswell as the value of her foreign properties.
