ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk has appointed Rukhsana Yasmeen, a BS-22 officer, as the new chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) with effect from July 1.
The current FBR chairman, Tariq Mahmood Pasha, has been transferred and posted as Secretary Statistics.
Rukhsana Yasmeen belongs to 11th Common Course. She joined government service as Customs officer then she moved to Inland Revenue Service and performed her duties as chief commissioner after her promotion to grade-22 in 2016 and she was giving her services as Secretary Statistics Division at the moment.
Sources said after taking notice of mega corruption cases including Rs. 1,000 billion green channel illegal clearances by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and Chairman NAB Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, the FBR chairman was facing tough situation as DG Intelligence Shaukat Ali admitted ‘merciless misuse’ of green channel facility but other top FBR and Customs officiale were giving ‘all is well’ report. The issue became so hot that it reached to the PM House after CJP’s notice and the PM had to take this decision of transfer of Tariq Pasha. It is expected that action could be taken against other high officials of FBR and Customs Dept in green channel mega scam.
It is pertinent to mention here that it was only Customs Today which exposed green channel mega scandal upon which the CJP took notice and ordered the FBR authorities to submit reply within 10 days. The court associate had sent letter to Chairman NAB for necessary action.
