Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has further tightened its grip on tax defaulters and continued to block SIMs of non-filers, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on

According to FBR officials, so far 26591 SIMs of non-filers have been blocked by the Regional Tax Office Multan.

FBR officials said that Regional Tax Office (RTO) Multan had sent the data of 27545 non-filers to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

Blocking SIMs will continue, FBR officials said.

In addition to shutting down mobile phone SIMs of non-filers, electricity and gas connections will also be disconnected, FBR sources said.

Reporter: Zohaib Bukhari