ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday took notice of the “illegal and unnecessary” leak of tax information of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s family.
“This is a clear violation of the absolute confidentiality of tax information that the law provides,” a statement from the finance division read.
The statement said that violation of tax law and data breach of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will be immediately investigated.
(2/3).This is clearly violative of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the Law provides.
— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinistryPak) November 21, 2022
In view of this serious lapse on the part of to-date unknown functionaries the Finance minister has directed the SAPM on Revenue
It added that in view of this grave lapse by today’s unidentified officials, Dar has directed Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Revenue, Tariq Mehmood Pasha, to personally lead the investigation, ascertain responsibility. and submit report within 24 hours. .
