- FBR told the Senate Standing Committee on Finance that 16 senior tax officials have dual nationality or foreign residency.
- The list includes 10 Inland Revenue officers and 6 Pakistan Customs officers across BS-17 to BS-21.
- Officials in BS-01 to BS-16 must file declarations under the 2026 civil service rules through their field formations.
Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue identified 16 senior tax officials with dual nationality or permanent foreign residency and submitted their details to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance on September 3, 2026. The disclosure places officers from two tax services under a review of foreign citizenship and residency status.
The list covers 10 Inland Revenue Service officers and 6 Pakistan Customs Service officers. Their grades range from BS-17 to BS-21.
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The agency has also ordered further checks. It is seeking information from additional staff through a broader declaration process.
Officials in BS-01 to BS-16 were directed to submit declarations about foreign nationality and foreign travel documents to their respective field formations. The instructions use a prescribed proforma.
Reports said officers were given 90 days to disclose foreign citizenship or permanent residency. The process also asks officials to provide information about relevant travel documents, including passports.
The submission names officials across four pay grades. Their service group is not identified alongside each individual in the material submitted to the committee.
The submission lists 16 officials across four pay grades
| Official | Grade |
|---|---|
| Sajjad Taslim Azam | BS-21 |
| Amna Faiz Bhatti | BS-20 |
| Shazia Memon | BS-20 |
| Naeem Babar | BS-20 |
| Iram Shabbir | BS-20 |
| Sanaullah Nawazani | BS-20 |
| Uzma Saqib | BS-20 |
| Muhammad Asfandyar Janjua | BS-19 |
| Salma Shaheen | BS-19 |
| Masud Humayun | BS-17 |
| Zahra Haider | BS-20 |
| Tayyaba Bukhari | BS-20 |
| Jamshed Ali Talpur | BS-19 |
| Misbah Khatana | BS-19 |
| Baasit Hussain | BS-19 |
| Farva Batool | BS-17 |
Ten officers belong to the Inland Revenue Service, while six belong to the Pakistan Customs Service. The names span senior and mid-level positions from BS-17 through BS-21.
The disclosure does not itself state that any listed official violated a rule. It records officials identified for foreign nationality or permanent residency and places them within the verification exercise.
The declarations also cover relatives and passports
A separate report said the deadline for foreign nationality and passport-related declarations had expired on 30 August 2026. Several officials had still not submitted the forms by 1 September 2026, according to that account.
The newer instructions require officials to disclose family members’ foreign nationality as well. They also seek details of foreign travel documents, including passports where relevant.
That reporting places the deadline-related forms alongside the wider order for disclosures from lower-grade employees. The two tracks cover the senior officials already identified and staff members in BS-01 to BS-16.
The prescribed proforma is intended to collect the required information through each official’s field formation. The agency’s review therefore reaches beyond the 16 names sent to lawmakers.
Civil service rules provide the framework for the review
The cited legal framework is the Civil Servants (Disclosure and Regulation of Foreign Nationality) Rules, 2026. Those rules require civil servants to disclose foreign nationality details.
The committee submission came as part of a compliance drive within the tax service. The agency has ordered checks on officials holding foreign nationality or permanent residency and is seeking disclosures from more employees.
The material places the matter in a Senate committee briefing. It does not identify the officer who signed the submission.
The review concerns status disclosures, not a finding of misconduct. The documents identify the officials and grades, while the additional checks are intended to collect and examine declarations from a wider group.
The review now extends beyond the senior officers already identified
The September 3 submission gives lawmakers a list of 16 officials, but the compliance exercise continues through the separate declaration process. Lower-grade staff must report foreign nationality and foreign travel documents through their field formations.
The 90-day disclosure period gives the department a continuing route to gather information after the committee briefing. Reports also record forms outstanding as of 1 September 2026, shortly before the list was submitted.
The review is operating under the Civil Servants (Disclosure and Regulation of Foreign Nationality) Rules, 2026, as the agency checks records and seeks further declarations.
