ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: In a major reshuffle in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the government on Tuesday transferred 46 senior officers of the income tax group.

The decision came a day after Gen (retired) Pervez Musharraf resigned as President of Pakistan. It is believed to be a major shakeup in the income tax department during the last few years.

Tax officers have started seeking political support for posting and transfer to places of their choices as further reshuffling is very much on the card.

According to the notifications issued here on Tuesday, Humayun Aqil has been transferred and posted as Commissioner (Audit-IV) Regional Tax Office, Karachi; Zareen Saleem Ansari, Commissioner, Commissionerate of Income Tax-CIT (Appeals-I), Karachi; Anwar Ahmad, Commissioner CIT (Appeals-I), Lahore; Shahnaz Rafique, Director Directorate General of Training & Research (Income Tax), Lahore; Abdul Aziz Memon, Director, Directorate of Inspection & Audit (Income Tax), Karachi; Noor Mohammad Khan, Commissioner CIT (Appeals-II), Karachi; Abdul Rauf, Commissioner (Audit-I) Regional Tax Office (RTO), Lahore; Malik Abdul Samad, Commissioner (Audit-III) RTO, Karachi; Shahid Nasim, Commissioner, (Enforcement-I) RTO, Lahore; Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Director General, RTO, Sukkur; Amjad Jamshed, Chief (DT-Wing) FBR Islamabad; Mohammad Anwar Goraya, Commissioner (IP) Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Karachi, (He will also look after the charge of DG-WHT at Camp Office, Karachi); Manzoor Hussain Qureshi, Commissioner (Audit-I) RTO, Karachi; Zarina N. Zaidi, Commissioner, (Enforcement-IV) RTO, Karachi; Saadat Farooq Ahmad, Commissioner CIT (Appeals), Gujranwala; Imtiaz Ahmad Barakzai, Commissioner (Audit) LTU, Karachi; Mohammad Shaheen Aziz Niazi, Commissioner (Enforcement-III) RTO, Karachi; Haseebul Haq, Commissioner (Enforcement) LTU, Karachi; Abdul Shakoor, Commissioner, CIT (Appeals-II), Islamabad; Shaista Abbas, Commissioner (HRM/TFD) RTO, Karachi; Saeedullah Khan, Commissioner (Legal) RTO, Peshawar; Shahid Bashir, Commissioner (IP) RTO, Lahore.

According to another notification, Yousaf Ghaffar Khan, additional commissioner of income tax, has been transferred and posted as Chief (FATE) FBR, Islamabad; Anwar Ali Shah, Commissioner (IP/TFD) RTO, Rawalpindi; Mahfoozur Rehman Pasha, Commissioner (Audit/Legal) RTO, Multan; Abdul Wadood Khan, Commissioner CIT (Appeals-I), Islamabad; Nadeem Ahmed Farooqui, Chief (DT-Wing) FBR, Islamabad; Abdul Jalil, Chief (Admn) FBR, Islamabad. All these officers were given upgraded position of BPS-20 on their own pay and scale.

Abdul Hafeez has been posted as additional commissioner (Enforcement) RTO, Rawalpindi; Rehmatullah Khan Wazir, Additional Commissioner RTO, Karachi; Mushtaque Hussain Qazi, Secretary (DT-Wing) FBR, Islamabad; Salim Raza Asif, Secretary (DT-Wing) FBR, Islamabad; Manzoor Hussain Shad, Secretary (DT-Wing) FBR, Islamabad; Mohammad Asif, Additional Commissioner LTU, Islamabad; Habibullah Khan, Additional Commissioner RTO, Quetta; Javed Sheryar, Additional Commissioner, RTO, Rawalpindi; Dr Mohammad Akram Khan, Additional Commissioner RTO, Faisalabad; Saifullah Khan, Additional Commissioner, LTU, Karachi; Dr Mohammad Tariq Masood, Secretary (Legal) FBR, Islamabad; Mohammad Saleem, Additional Director, Directorate of Inspection & Audit (Income Tax), Faisalabad; Mohammad Imtiaz, Additional Commissioner, RTO, Peshawar; Shahid Iqbal Baloch, Additional Commissioner, LTU, Karachi; Anwarul Haq, Additional Commissioner, LTU, Lahore; Hyder Ali Dharejo, Additional Commissioner, RTO, Karachi; Rizwan Ahmed Urfi, Additional Commissioner, LTU, Karachi.

Meanwhile, through another notification, senior officials of the customs group were also transferred and posted. Jehanzeb Mahmood was transferred and posted as Collector, RTO, Peshawar; Nadir Khan Hoti, Collector, Model Customs Collectorate (MCC), Rawalpindi; Sarwat Tahira Habib, Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad; Mohammad Saleem, Additional Collector (Islamabad Airport) MCC, Rawalpindi; Dr Arslan Subugtageen, Secretary, FBR, Islamabad; Dr Saifuddin Junejo, Additional Collector, LTU, Karachi; Dr Mohammad Zubair Yousfani, Additional Collector (headquarters) MCC, Rawalpindi, and Abu Nasr Shuja Akram, Second Secretary, (Customs Wing) FBR, Islamabad.