SIALKOT: The intelligence agencies have started the scrutiny of all the assets of as many as 50 the senior and junior officials of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) belonging to Gujranwala division following the mounting complaints of the corruption, embezzlement, malpractice and fraud against them.
As per details, the allegations of making moveable and unmovable assets and properties through the unfair means were established against them in the various complaints, sources said.
According to the senior officials of the intelligence agencies, as many as 50 officials of FBR from Gujranwala Division had not yet declared assets before the FBR, due to which the FBR (Headquarters) Islamabad has stopped their allowances, in this regard.
The officials confirmed saying “yes, the intelligence and secret agencies were scrutinizing the assets of above-mentioned 50 corrupt senior officials of FBR in Gujranwala Division, in this regard”.
They added that the corrupt FBR officials would be brought to task, saying that now it was the time to nab the corrupt FBR officials through a stern accountability as well.
They said that the FBR had pointed that as many as 800 FBR senior and junior officials across the country had not yet declared assets to FBR despite the end of the fiscal year 2014-15, out of which 50 senior FBR officials (including appraisers, superintendents, examiners and inspectors) belong to Gujranwala Division.
According to the FBR Rules and Regulations, all the FBR officials had to declare their assets till the June 30 at the end of every fiscal year, but more than 800 senior and junior FBR officials were still reluctant to declare their assets despite the repeated issuance of the notices, in this regard.
“Now, the FBR has closed their all the internal job allowances for the next three months as a punishment by the FBR (HQs)”, the local FBR officials added.
