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