FBR sacks IR officer on corruption charges

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has removed an officer of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) from service on the charges of corruption and misconduct.

In an officer order issued on Wednesday, the FBR dismissed Muhammad Mustafa Kamal, BS-19 officer of IRS, posted as additional commissioner, Regional Tax Office (RTO)-III, Karachi on the charges of inefficiency, misconduct and corruption.

The FBR said the officer had been sacked under the Removal from Service Ordinance, 2000 on the basis of inquiry initiated in April 2009. The officer has been granted major penalty on the recommendation of an inquiry committee, which was headed by Lubna Farrukh Mirza, the then chief commissioner RTO-II, Karachi. The FBR chairman after having considered all aspects and material relating to the case and findings of the inquiry committee decided to remove the officer from his post.