Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi is on indefinite leave and has not joined the office, sending an application in this regard to Advisor on Finance to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, The Express Tribune reported.

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The FBR chief is sick since January 9, has excused himself from working, and also informed the PM in this regard, reports said.

Zaidi’s leave had expired on February 14, and he was supposed to join office on Feb 17, but did not. In his absence, FBR Acting Chairman Nausheen Javed Amjad has been handling the affairs of the bureau. 

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According to the report, Zaidi said that his health was not good and he would follow his doctors’ advice.

On the other hand, the PM’s aide on finance said that if Zaidi could not continue with his work as the FBR chairman owing to ill-health, a new chairman would be appointed after consultations.