KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued contempt notices to senior Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials in a case filed by fashion designer Nomi Ansari, directing the advocate general and prosecutor general of Sindh to prosecute them.

A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, fixed August 20 for framing charges against Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Zahid Masood, Commissioner Rizwan Memon and Assistant Commissioner Sehrish Javed.

Ansari moved the court after his name was placed on the Passport Control List (PCL) on June 9 despite an earlier SHC order suspending proceedings in a tax fraud case against him and seeking reasons from the Inland Revenue Department for registering it. He was later also placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), preven

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