The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has expanded the 'alternate dispute resolution (ADR) committee for sales tax' taking the total number of private members up to 36 for speedy resolution of sales tax disputes. Out of 25 new members, 14 are representatives of businessmen, eight costs and management accountants, two advocates and one chartered accountant. These members belong to Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad, Peshawar, D.I. Khan, Multan, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

The CBR has amended SRO 288(I)/2003 through a SRO 1009(I)/2004 issued on Saturday.

The existing 11-member panel has been expanded and 25 more members, from the private sector have been taken on the panel.

The new members are Tariq Sayeed, businessman, Karachi, Imran Shaukat, businessman, Karachi, M. Zubair Motiwala, businessman, Karachi, Haroon Farooki, businessman, Karachi, Qaisar Mufti, cost & management accountant, Karachi, Hammad Raza Zadi, cost & management accountant, Karachi, M.I. Khurram, businessman, Karachi, Anjum Zafar, businessman, Karachi, Mustafa Hussain Siddiqui, cost & management accountant, Hyderabad, Sheikh Muhammad Asif, businessman, Lahore, Irfan Qaiser, businessman, Lahore, Sheikh Mohammad Jamil, cost & management accountant, Lahore, Muhammad Khalid Mirza, cost & management accountant, Lahore, Mohsin Aziz, businessman, Peshawar, Abdul Latif Yousafzai, advocate, Peshawar, Mushtaq Akbar, chartered accountant, Peshawar, Nauman Wazir, businessman, Peshawar, Zafar Jalil Khan, businessman, D.I. Khan, Shaukat Hayat Khan Baluch, cost & management accountant, Rawalpindi, Mian Aamer Mumtaz, cost & management accountant, Islamabad, Syed Anwar Mehdi, cost & management accountant, Multan, Ch. Muhammad Boota, businessman, Faisalabad, Ahmad Kamal, businessman, Faisalabad, Manzoor Kafeel, businessman, Gujranwala.

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