• Focal persons didn’t coordinate with IHC, hindering progress on pending litigation
• Revenue cases worth Rs4.7tr remain stuck in courts

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is apparently ill-prepared in recovery of billions of rupees stuck in the litigation as its focal persons assigned to coordinate with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) never contacted the court officials designated for expeditious disposal of tax-related cases.

In January this year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during a meeting on expediting FBR’s legal cases, was informed that currently 33,522 cases involving Rs4.7 trillion were pending in various courts and tribunals across the country.

A senior IHC official told Dawn that........

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