PM warns FBR officials for making false tax cases

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the relevant authorities to expedite the Federal Board of Revenues’ (FBR) legal steps being taken to ensure early conclusion of the under-trial cases of tax revenues.Chairing a review meeting on expediting FBR’s legal cases, the prime minister instructed to hire the services of the reputed lawyers to represent FBR in the cases of tax revenues.The prime minister committed that the officers who were found to be involved in making cases on weak or false grounds will be given punishment.On the other hand, he said the officers who had constituted cases on merit with honesty and hard work will be rewarded with special incentives.The meeting was told that, after the prime minister’s instructions, reputable lawyers were brought onto the panel, and as a result, from July to December 2024, 586 cases were resolved in the High Court, and 637 pending cases were resolved in the Supreme Court. .The meeting was also informed that currently, 33,522 cases involving Rs 4.7 trillion were pending in various courts and tribunals across the country.It was told in the meeting that a litigation management dashboard for higher courts had been developed in the FBR.