The then chairman of FBR was responsible for the failure of track and trace system

The then Chairman FBR was responsible for the failure of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) track and trace system.

Project Director and Member Operations, Inland Revenue have been found guilty of negligence, the details of the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif have come out.

According to the announcement, the report of the inquiry committee formed to identify the officers guilty of negligence was submitted to the Prime Minister.

Track and trace systems were designed to monitor production in cigarette, fertilizer and cement factories.

The Prime Minister directed departmental action against those guilty of negligence.