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Countrywide pen-down strike call: FBR suspends two senior IR officials

Pakistan Published 20 October 2026, 05:10 · archived 20 Oct 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has suspended two senior Inland Revenue officials over a countrywide pen-down strike call against the proposed restructuring of the tax machinery. In this regard, the FBR has issued two notifications on Monday. The suspended officials are Commissioner RTO Zone-I Hyderabad Naib Ali Pathan and Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO Sargodha Ali Salah Hayat. The action follows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s reported displeasure over the strike call, which was subsequently withdrawn by the Inland Revenue Association after a meeting with the FBR’s ...

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