ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred and posted 49 officers of Inland Revenue Service (IRS) – third major reshuffle in the tax machinery in the last few weeks since the appointment of board’s new chairman, Tariq Bajwa.

The officers transferred and posted against new assignments include 20 commissioners, 10 junior officers and 19 additional commissioners.

Bajwa has been tasked to build a team for pursuing revenue collection target of Rs2,475 billion for the current fiscal year.

The commissioners transferred and posted are Vishno Alias Raja Qavi, Commissioner IRS (Appeals-I), Karachi; Waqar Ahmad, Commissioner IRS (Zone-III) Regional Tax Office, Islamabad; Sheraz Mirza, Director, Directorate General of Training and Research (IRS), Lahore; Ali Husnain, Chief (TPA Wing ) FBR, Islamabad; Salim Raza Asif, commissioner IRS (Multan Zone) RTO, Multan; Mirza Nadeem Munawar Baig, Commissioner IRS (Zone-IV)RTO, Lahore; S. Ashraf Ahmad Ali, Commissioner IRS (Appeals-II), Lahore; Habibullah Khan, Commissioner IRS (IP/TFD)Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Karachi; Dr. Fazal Muhammad Abrejo, Commissioner IRS (WHT)RTO, Karachi; Sarfraz Ahmad, Commissioner IRS (Zone-II) RTO, Islamabad; Ms. Seema Shakil, Commissioner IR (Zone-I) LTU, Karachi; Rajabuddin, Commissioner IRS (Zone-III) RTO III, Karachi; Mehmood Aslam, Commissioner IRS (IP/TFD/HRM)RTO, Faisalabad; Ms. Shaher Bano Walajahi, Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue), Islamabad; Nadir Mumtaz Warraich , Commissioner IRS (Zone-I) LTU, Islamabad; Raza Munawar , Commissioner IRS (Appeals-IV),Lahore; Mrs. Attiya Ashraf, Commissioner IRS (IP/TFD/HRM) RTO, Islamabad; Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan, Commissioner IRS (Zone-III) LTU, Karachi; Khalil Ahmad Zahid, Commissioner IRS (Zone-I) RTO, Faisalabad; Abdul Malik, Commissioner IRS (Zone-I) Regional Tax Office, Bahawalpur.

The 19 grade officers who were posted against the elevated post of grade 20 of commissioners are Dr Shamsul Hadi, Commissioner IRS (OPS/Zone-II) LTU, Karachi; Dr Shahid Siddiq Bhatti, Commissioner IRS OPS/Zone-V) RTO, Lahore; Sajidullah Siddiqui, Commissioner IRS (OPS/Zone-IV) RTO II , Karachi; Muhammad Imtiaz, Commissioner IRS OPS/Zone-III) RTO, Rawalpindi; Muhammad Waseem, Commissioner IRS (OPS/IP/TFD) LTU, Islamabad; Ch. Muhammad Tarique, Chief (OPS) FBR (Hq), Islamabad; Shaban Bhatti, Commissioner IRS (OPS/Special Zone) RTO, Multan; Sardar Ali Khawaja, Commissioner IRS (OPS/Zone-I) RTO, Islamabad; Syed Ghulam Abbas Kazmi, Commissioner IRS (OPS) (Appeals-IV), Islamabad; Ms. Aiysha Khalid, Commissioner IRS (OPS/Zone-III) LTU, Islamabad.

The additional commissioners transferred and posted are Muhammad Saeed Nashir, Additional Director Directorate of Training and Research (Inland Revenue), Karachi; Abdul Hameed Memon, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue LTU, Karachi; Karamatullah Khan, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO, Lahore; Afaque Ahmed Qureshi, Secretary, (Inland Revenue Wing) FBR, Islamabad; Sajid Nazir Malik, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO II , Karachi; Kazi Afzal, Secretary, FBR, Islamabad; Dr Muhammad Idrees, Additional Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue), Lahore; Zafar Iqbal Khan, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO, Rawalpindi; Zahoor Ahmad Panwar, additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO II ,Karachi; Asim Ansar Siddiqui, Additional Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue), Karachi; Hazoor Bux Laghari, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO II, Karachi; Muhammad Abid, secretary, FBR, Islamabad; Freedoon Akram Sheikh, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO, Islamabad; Muhammad Masood, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue LTU, Islamabad; Khalid Khan, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue LTU, Lahore; S. Jaffar Raza Kazmi, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO II, Karachi; Jamshed Fakhri Dahir, additional Commissioner Inland Revenue RTO, Faisalabad; Syed Irfan Abbas Shah, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue LTU, Islamabad; Abdul Hameed Abro, Deputy Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue), Karachi.

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