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Monday 23 January 2012

Tug-of-war starts for appointing chairman FBR

ISLAMABAD: Senior most Member of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Muhammad Alam will take charge as caretaker chairman of the FBR tomorrow (Monday).

He will attain the age of 60 years in November 2012.

A tug-of-war has started among the DMG and IR/Custom officers for the appointment of the Chairman FBR and politicians have also jumped into the race. The politicians have started visiting Aiwan-e-Sadr and Prime Minister House to get their brothers or favourite officers appointed at the post of the Chairman FBR.

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is not in favour of appointment of kin of a political family of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who is an officer of the Income Tax Group as the Chairman FBR. But the prime minister and finance minister are holding consultations for the appointment of new Chairman FBR.

Member Custom Mumtaz Haider Rizvi is among those senior members who are being considered as the Chairman FBR.

The names of Chief Secretary Punjab Nasir Mehmood Khosa, Secretary Shipping Qazalbash, Secretary Water and Power Javed Iqbal, Secretary Industries Aziz Bilour and Secretary Housing and Works Kamran Lashari are under consideration for the slot of the Chairman FBR.


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