Amjad Zubair Tiwana appointed new FBR chairman

Senior bureaucrat assigned additional charge of secretary Revenue Division

The Establishment Division notified the appointment of Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana as Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman on Wednesday.

“With the approval of the Federal Government, Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana, a BS-21 officer of Inland Revenue Services (IRS), presently posted as Member (Inland Revenue Operations) FBR headquarter, Islamabad is appointed as Chairman FBR under section 10 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973, with immediate effect and until further order,” the notification maintained.

Under another notification, Tiwana was also assigned the additional charge of secretary Revenue Division under section 10 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973 with immediate effect for a period of three months or till the posting of a regular incumbent, whichever came earlier.

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Tiwana's appointment comes as its ex-chairman's - Asim Ahmed - tenure ended on July 31.

Last year, the government had appointed Ahmed as chairman of the FBR, who faced the immediate task of preparing this year’s budget with an aim to collect around Rs7 trillion in taxes and clean the department from tainted taxmen.

Asim’s appointment was initially made for a period of four months, but the FBR, which will have eighth chairman in four years, needed consistency in strategy and policies that was only possible when there was a chairman for longer tenure.

The last government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had appointed seven chairpersons in three years.