The government has fulfilled another major condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by making it compulsory for all officers in grade 17 and above to publicly declare their assets.
The Federal Board of Revenue announced the changes on Thursday through income tax notification SRO2263, which amends the Sharing of Declaration of Assets of Civil Servants Rules, 2023.
The new rule significantly broadens the scope of mandatory disclosure, extending requirements to federal ministries, provincial departments, and autonomous bodies.
According to official documents, officers must now submit detailed information on all properties, including bungalows, houses, plots, vehicles, and cash holdings. The requirement applies to both government and semi-government officials.
The revisions make asset records of public servants accessible to the public, allowing citizens to track an official’s holdings from the time they join government service.
The new rules significantly expand the definition of “public servant” to include officers in BPS-17 and above across federal and provincial governments, as well as employees of autonomous bodies, state-owned enterprises, and government-owned firms. Previously, the requirement applied only to a narrow category of civil servants under the Civil Servants Act of 1973, leaving many officials outside the reporting framework.
FBR sources confirmed that these officers will be subject to the same declaration requirements as those serving in federal and provincial departments. Officials working in autonomous and state-run entities will also fall under the new compliance structure. This includes employees of key institutions such as WAPDA, PIA, Sui Gas companies, and OGDCL.
Officials exempt under the National Accountability Ordinance of 1999 remain outside the disclosure requirement.
Only individuals previously exempt under the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, including judges, military officers, and certain other categories, will remain outside the new disclosure mandate.
By bringing a wide range of public-sector personnel under a unified disclosure regime, authorities aim to create a more consistent accountability standard and address long-standing concerns about opacity in the assets of state officials, an area closely monitored by the IMF.
This rule is only for the rank and file. And a lot of other rules like them. Not the ones making the rule(s). Who have their £I_I©|<iπg kids, families, properties, assets adjusted in Dubai and the west, while this PKHO is just a play ground for them. Ha Ha Ha! Good. Because once them' nukes start falling IN the west from the east. The Arabs killed by Gog and Magog (the west and Israel) and this damned PKHO taken car of by INDI as their Prophet said (خراب السندھ من الھند). The ONE who made this universe. Will FIX these BLOKES and EVERYTHING. And of course pave the way for the christ and the anti-christ. Until then. They can keep making these damned rules of theirs. Because. All the DUCKS are already lining up for that. Ha Ha Ha! Enjoy until then while you can!
Cheers!
I know~ some people will say~ WRONG! But… They were all WRONG! when they said nothing will happen. Leave this nation. And when the prophets were either killed or exiled. §I-Ii™ just… Happened… Cheers!
Why exceptions and exclusions? Corrupts are in every sector. Assets declaration should be mandatory for every public servant from grade 10 & above. Patwaris & clerks are billionaire here.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh said previous nations were destroyed bcz same laws were implimented differently upon different people.
Base of our constitution is Quran and sunnah.
Any such action giving amunity to some and making others accountable is against constitution and islam.
Definitely not making anyone accountable is total destruction we have already faced.
But making some accountable and some not is another blunder and will create more hate and devide in public service.
Any one who takes salary and benifits from public taxes and loans (public exchequer) is a public servent and every public servent is accountable before Allah and people / nation as he or she is under oath to protect life honor and property / wealth of each citizen indiscriminately.
So exemption from accountability to any one and no ammunity to any one.
As prophet pbuh says even his pbuh’s daughter Fatima raa is not a ove the law or enjoy any amunity.
All must be made accountable with exception.
Alhamdolilah
Yes even their family members and servents must also be made accountable.
Pak will have sincere and honest public service
In sha ALLAH
It is again a generalized bureaucratic approach.
For few very important departments such as Land department including LDA, KDA, Building controlling authority, FBR, Excise, police, revenue dpt, AG offices, Customs, WAPDA and etc. this should start from lower division clerk equivalent to ASI levels not limited to Grade -17 & plus.
For departments like Statistical department, Post office and etc. this can be done.
More important is the measurable yardsticks and achievement of objectives behind implementing such rule.
This should be implemented with the fullest sincerity then certainly this will bring the results.