ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Headquarters, Model Customs Collectorate, and Regional Tax Office (RTO), Islamabad has started implementation of Urdu Language as official language.
All the three offices have started issuing orders and notification in Urdu along with English. At the first stage notifications of internal matters are being issued both in English and Urdu.
However, communication process in Urdu medium with public, tribunals and courts will be adopted in next stage.
It may mention here that FBR had decided to take steps in order to use Urdu as the official language in its routine matters, while FBR’s Board-in-Council had also granted permission in this regard following the decision of Supreme Court.
Facilitation and Taxpayers Education Member Nadeem Dar has been assigned task to implement the directives issued by SC in this regard. FBR is also developing an Urdu website to facilitate taxpayers.
