Pakistan to block mobile sim cards of over half a million tax defaulters
Pakistan authorities decided to freeze sim cards of over half a million people who failed to file tax returns for 2023. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) sated in an Income tax general order (ITGO) that the mobile SIMs of 5,06,671 individuals who filed to file their tax returns for 2023 will be frozen unless they are restored by the FBR or the commissioner inland revenue having authority over the person.