ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Amjad Zubair Tiwana has resigned from his post, local media reported citing sources on Wednesday.
Tiwana has sent his resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, requesting his removal from the FBR chief post. The FBR chairman also consulted with more than two cabinet members before making the decision.
According to reports Tiwana had met Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and PM’s close aide on Establishment Division Ahad Cheema and informed him that he could not continue to head the FBR.
Reports said he had to resign as the senior officers of the tax collecting body did not cooperate with him. It is pertinent to mention that there are more than 21 officers in the FBR who are senior to the chairman.
Tiwana, who is considered to be close to Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, was appointed during the caretaker government.
According to local media reports Tiwana who is an Inland Revenue Service (IRS) officer in grade 21 was going to retire from the service in February 2025.
Top official sources close to the PM’s office said that the pace of reforms, including the digitalisation of FBR was not satisfactory.
The FBR high-ups told the media that the tax officers tried to convince Tiwana not to resign but he refused.
