ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a notification on suspension of nine Inland Revenue officials/officers involved in malpractices and were working in connivance with the sugar mills to evade sales tax and federal excise duty. The suspended officials were working at Regional Tax Office-I, Karachi; Regional Tax Office Hyderabad; Regional Tax Office, Sukkur; Corporate Tax office Lahore and Regional Tax Office, Faisalabad. According to the notification issued by the FBR on Monday, in exercise of powers conferred under Rule 5(1) of Civil Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 2020, the Competent Authority is pleased to place the following officers / officials under suspension with immediate effect, for a period of 120 days or till further orders, whichever is earlier: The suspended officials are Muhammad Mohsin Khan (Inland Revenue Officer/Time Scale BS-17), Regional Tax Office-I, Karachi; Arshad Mahmood (Inland Revenue Officer/Time Scale BS-17), Regional Tax Office-I, Karachi; Ubaidullah Buksh (Inspector-IR/Time Scale BS-17) Regional Tax Office Hyderabad; Sarfraz Ahmad (Office Superintendent/BS-16), Regional Tax Office, Faisalabad; Munir-ul-Haq (Senior Auditor/BS-16), Regional Tax Office, Hyderabad; Zulfiqar…