SYED MOHAMMAD TAHIR
LAHORE – With the change of government, not only faces of economic managers of the country changed but officers in grade 18 and above have also been reshuffled. After taking over the new Chairman FBR has started restructuring of FBR in a big way following the shake-up, Nisar Muhammad, a BS-21 Officer, has been appointed as Member Customs.
It would not be out of place to mention here that Nisar Muhammad, a senior officer of Pakistan Customs Service has previously served in various key positions across the country. His last posting was Member Strategic Planning Reforms & Statistics. He has got his MBA from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and M.Sc. in Defence & Strategic Studies from National Defence University, Islamabad. He has vast experience in his field as he had attended many seminars/workshops abroad relating to tax administration and reforms.
It is to be noted that Pakistan Customs is the guardian of Pakistan borders against movement of contraband goods and is facilitator of bona fide trade. It provides a major source of revenue to the government of Pakistan in the form of taxes levied on the goods traded across the borders. It also helps to protect the domestic industry, discourage consumption of luxury goods and stimulate development.
On the other hand, newly-appointed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa has finally formed his team including Nisar Ahmed Khan as Member Customs and Muhammad Asharf Khan as Member Inland Revenue Operations for achieving the gigantic task of collecting Rs 2,491 billion revenue, the target set for fiscal year 2013-14 is about 26 percent higher than the collection of last fiscal year.
The FBR recently issued two office orders notifying the postings and transfers of grade 20 and grade 21 officers of IRS and Pakistan Customs Services.
FBR officials said that it was right time to announce the postings/transfers for formulating revenue collection policy for the entire year. They also said that the team chosen by the FBR chairman included best officers in both the groups, who are able to achieve the revenue target in difficult economic situation.
It is though depressing but a hard fact that cash-starved Pakistan has no option but to take steps to increase revenue collection for reducing its fiscal deficit. The fiscal deficit has widened to about nine percent of the GDP in the last fiscal year.
The postings/transfers of following officers of Grade 20/21 in customs group notified. The officers included:
– Nisar Muhammad Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred and posted as Member (Customs), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Member (SPR&S), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Muhammad Riaz (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred as Director General, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation,FBR, Islamabad from the post of Member (Customs), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad
– Khalid Mahmood-II (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Director General, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad.
– Muhammad Yahya (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred as Chief Collector, Enforcement (South), Karachi from the post of Chief Collector, Appraisement (South) , Karachi.
– Nasir Masroor Ahmad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred as Chief Collector, Appraisement (South), Karachi from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Ms. Riffat A. Hassan Abidi (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) transferred as Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Chief Collector, (OPS) Enforcement (South), Karachi.
– Fazal Yazdani Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) transferred as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi from the post of Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) transferred as Collector, MCC, Appraisement (East), Karachi from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi.
– Amer Ahmad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) transferred as Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Customs), Karachi from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (East), Karachi.
– Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Malik (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) transferred as Director, Directorate of Post Clearance Audit, Karachi from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (West), Karachi.
– Muhammad Saleem (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) transferred as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (West), Karachi from the post of Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad.
Through another notification the FBR announced posting and transfers of following officers:
– Ms. Musarrat Jabeen (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, (HRM) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Member (Taxpayers Audit), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad
– Ms. Yasmin Saud (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Large Taxpayers Unit, Karachi from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office, Karachi.
– Aftab Anwar Baloch (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, (Enforcement) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Shahid Hussain Asad (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, (IR Policy) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Mustafa Ashraf Tabassum (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Large Taxpayers Unit, Lahore from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office-II, Lahore.
– Muhammad Raza Baqir (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Member (IR Operations), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Muhammad Ashraf Khan (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, (IR Operations) Federal Board of Revenue (HQ), Islamabad from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Large Taxpayers Unit, Lahore.
– Shahid Anwar Khan (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, Federal Board of Revenue (HQ), Islamabad from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Large Taxpayers Unit, Islamabad.
– Sajjad Ali (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, Federal Board of Revenue (HQ), Islamabad from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office, Islamabad.
– Mrs. Raana Seerat (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Large Taxpayers Unit, Islamabad from the post of Project Director, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Haroon Muhammad Khan Tareen (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, (TPA) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad. He is assigned the additional charge of the post of Project Director, FBR, (Hq), Islamabad with immediate effect & until further orders from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Mian Saeed Iqbal (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Islamabad from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Ch. Safdar Hussain (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) transferred as Member, (Legal) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.
– Javed Iqbal Mirza (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) transferred as Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office, Gujranwala.
– Rehmatullah Khan Wazir (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue (OPS) Regional Tax Office, Karachi from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, (OPS) Large Taxpayers Unit, Karachi.
– Dr. Muhammad Irshad (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue (OPS) Regional Tax Office II, Lahore from the post of Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, Regional Tax Office, Sargodha.
– Muhammad Asif (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Gujranwala. He will assume the charge after completion of National Management Course from the post of Commissioner, Appeals-I Inland Revenue, Lahore.
– Shaukat Mahmood (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) transferred as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Sargodha. He will assume the charge after completion of National Management Course from the post of Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue), Islamabad.