It was by sheer accident that I visited the office of Honourable Asif Jah Mehmood, the Federal Tax Ombudsman. While I walked into his office I came across a young lawyer volunteers photographing the van of the FTO on the move to provide relief to the tax payers complaints at their door steps.
Pakistan has many poor but none as man of the poor men and the gap is filled by this humble civil servant rightly decorated with the highest civil award twice conferred on him. Federal Tax Ombudsman is the man for the poor ordinary tax payers harassed by the system as opposed to the rich who through their well paid legal aids knocks at the tribunal for relief.
A quick glance at the FTO help to the poor shows the people trust is increasingly restored in the FTO office after the number of complaints increased manifolds with disposal of 1251 cases last fiscal year ending 30th June 2021 as opposed to relief granted to 2650
complainants alone in the ongoing 2022. I am glad the PTI government left behind a man for the poor man as FTO to interpret their vision not only as a people’s friendly civil servant but social worker who works round the clock to serve humanity and Pakistanies above all political, religious or ethnic considerations.
I must buck up the youth who serves as the legal team in assistance of the FTO to give relief to the poor headed by Basim Nasar youth ambassador Abbas kazimi legal and social media, Naila Raja social media ambassador, Habib Anzala, Waniya Ahmed kamal and Harim. Well done youth Pakistan belongs to you and you have to take the charge from the right people at the right time to ensure Pakistan survives all political and economic storms amid the sea of problems at face. Long Live Pakistan
