ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi will go onan indefinite leave on health grounds, *Pakistan Today* has learnt.
According to sources, the FBR chief has informed Prime Minister’s Adviseron Finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh and other high-ups of the government that he isgoing on leave from Monday due to health issues.
This is the second time in a month that Zaidi is going on leave. Earlier,he went on leave in the first week of January for 15 days. In his absence,member administration and senior income tax officer Nousheen Amjad assumedhis duties.
Source further said that this time around, the time-frame of his leavewould be based on the doctor’s recommendations.
On the other hand, official sources claimed that the FBR chief cannot cometo the office due to a fake sales tax refund case which is pending beforethe Supreme Court (SC).
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On Wednesday, the apex court had criticised FBR officials, including thechairman, for not taking action against officials involved in the case.
Sources claimed that this case has become a nightmare for the FBR chief aswell as some other people who made billions of rupees in fake sales taxrefunds during the tenure of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
