The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Amjad Zubair Tiwana, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday, according to media reports.
Reports claim that Tiwana asked to be removed from his position as head of the FBR by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat and that, after two days of waiting, he submitted his resignation.
According to the information, before leaving his position, the FBR chairman conferred with over two cabinet members, and they requested that Tiwana step down.
Tiwana had spoken with Ahad Cheema, the PM’s close adviser on Establishment Division and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, and told him verbally that he could not continue to lead the FBR.
Senior officials of the tax collection agency allegedly refused to work with Tiwana, according to reports. They continued by saying that the FBR has more than 21 executives senior to the chairman.
The sources cited by local media reports claimed that Tiwana was nominated during the caretaker administration and is thought to be close to Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
Reports claims that the FBR chairman, a grade 21 Inland Revenue Service (IRS) officer, planned to leave the organization in February 2025.
According to FBR officials who spoke with local media, Tiwana was strongly persuaded by the tax authorities not to submit his request for his charge to be dropped to the government, but he refused.
According to people close to the head of the Federal Board of income, the tax system generated Rs9,311 billion in income in the most recent fiscal year, showing a 30% increase in revenue in spite of a challenging economic climate. Regarding the matter of digitization and division between the IRS and Customs departments, Tiwana was subject to criticism.
