KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified for all field formations of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) and Inland Revenue Service (IRS) that no sanctioned or unsanctioned amount of cash reward/honoraria would disbursed by an field formation of FBR.

An official said Prime minister had taken notice of the millions of rupees disbursed among officers of FBR as cash reward/honoraria, and on his directives all these rewards etc have been stopped.

It may be mentioned here that two month to eight month basic salaries were disbursed among officers as cash reward/honoraria.

A member of Appraisement Officers Association said these awards were distributed among BS-18 and above officers. He said these rewards should be disbursed among the officials of BS-17 and below, as these were the personnel on ground.