ISLAMABAD – Intensifying anti-corruption drive against corrupt officers in its Customs Wing, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked the financial organisations and urban and real estate development authorities to provide details of the assets of the officers involved in ISAF containers’ scam, an official source Tuesday told Pakistan Today.
“The probe is being conducted into the assts of over 600 officers on the basis of investigations of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) about missing containers and the FBR has now written letters the State Bank of Pakistan, Securities and Stock Exchange Commission, urban and real estates development agencies like Lahore Development Authority, Capital Development Authority, Karachi Development Authority and other institutions to provide the FBR all details of the officers’ assets,” the source said.
The source further added that FBR had also asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to provide the details, if any, of their visits abroad.
The government has already put the names of these officers on the Exit Control List (ECL).
