- Tiwana was due to be retired from service in February 2025.
- He consulted with more than two members of the cabinet.
- Senior FBR officials did not cooperate with Tiwana: sources
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Amjad Zubair Tiwana has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, sources said. Geo news On Wednesday.
According to confidential sources, Tiwana had requested the Prime Minister's Secretariat to remove him from the post of FBR chief and sent his resignation two days after waiting.
The FBR chairman also consulted with more than two cabinet members before resigning from his post, the sources said, adding that the members asked Tiwana to resign.
Sources said Tiwana had met Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and close aide to the Prime Minister in the Establishment Division, Ahad Cheema, and verbally informed him that he could not continue to head the FBR, according to News.
The sources said that senior officials of the tax collection agency did not cooperate with Tiwana. They added that there are more than 21 officials in the FBR who are higher than the president.
Tiwana, considered close to Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, was appointed during the interim government, the sources said.
According NewsThe FBR chairman, who is a Grade 21 IRS officer, is expected to retire from service in February 2025.
High-ranking official sources close to the Prime Minister's office confirmed that News that the pace of reforms, including digitalisation, in the RBF was not as desired.
FBR top brass said News that tax officials made every effort to convince Tiwana not to send his application to the government to release him from office, but he refused.
Sources close to the FBR chairman said the tax machinery generated revenues of Rs 9,311 crore during the last fiscal year by achieving a 30% growth in revenue despite the tough economic environment. Tiwana had to face criticism over the issue of digitalisation and bifurcation between the IRS and Customs groups.
