LAHORE: The number of cases related to different departments of Customs and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reached its highest number of 152,000 in Punjab which are in hearing process in different courts.
On the other hand, the number of pending tax related cases at various courts of Pakistan reached 334,087 thus creating hardship for the litigants and delaying revenue for the government.
“There is a large number of pending cases at various courts and appellate forums and the average disposal time is rather long. This situation creates hardship for the litigants. Government revenue is stuck up in tax related cases. Cost of litigation also swells,” sources said.
According to the sources, there are 334,087 tax related cases pending in different courts of Pakistan by February 2018. The break-up revealed that there are 38,342 cases in Supreme Court of Pakistan, 152,047 cases in the Lahore High Court, 93,160 cases in the Sindh High Court, 27,862 cases in the Peshawar High Court, 6,140 in Balochistan High Court and 16,536 pending cases in the Islamabad High Court.
