SC orders FBR to reinvestigate into illegal tax refunds case.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) to reinvestigate into the illegal tax refunds case against Sales Tax Commissioner Abdul Hameed within three months.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed conducted hearing of the case, and expressed anger at the top federal government organization of the country that investigates tax crimes and money-laundering (FBR) for 'clearing one officer and holding responsible the other' in the same case.

Meanwhile, FBR Chairman Shabbar Zaidi submitted a report concerning tax refunds in the court, and an advocate representing the FBR told the bench that an action was taken against refunding officer Ashfaq Dino.

To this, Justice Ejaz-ul-Ahsan remarked that the report did not mention anything of an additional commissioner, and questioned 'who is the authorized officer according to the rules?'

The lawyer replied that amounts more than Rs1 million were approved by the additional commissioner, while the authorized officer was the deputy commissioner.

When the CJP further inquired about the matter, the advocate revealed that the deputy commissioner worked under the...

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