Search begins for new FBR chairman

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has stepped up efforts to find the new head of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as the incumbent is set to retire on Aug 15, Dawn learnt on Monday.

The government has been compelled to look for the new tax czar as the FBR chairman, Amjed Zubair Tiwana, has sought treatment six months before reaching the age of superannuation.

A list of officials of the Internal Revenue Service and Customs who have a reputation of ’unblemished integrity has been...