NBR officials continue strike, work suspended

Officers and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) are continuing their strike to press home their four-point demand for the second consecutive day on Monday (25 May).

The country's revenue collection activities are in a state of extreme stagnation due to the ongoing strike. The strike is hampering revenue collection every day, especially in import-export trade, which is having a major impact on customs collection.

Their demands are repealing the ordinance to dissolve the NBR, removal of the NBR chairman, publication of the Revenue Reform Advisory Committee's recommendations on the NBR website, and ensuring appropriate and sustainable revenue system reforms through review and discussion with all relevant stakeholders.

Analysts said that a long-term strike at the institution like the NBR could have an adverse impact on the national economy.