In an effort to navigate the inflation problems, a Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officer has made an odd request to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The Grade 17 IRS official wrote a widely circulated letter to the premier asking for authorization to begin corrupting from April 1 because he is having trouble paying his bills because of his low salary.
FBR Officer Letter to PM
“Sir, I am a CSS officer and working with Inland Revenue Service (IRS), FBR for last four years. For last more than four years, I can vouch on oath or even on holy book that despite innumerable instance I had to earn below the table money, I have never committed a single rupee corruption.
I also know that it is not an achievement to brag about but a normality excepted from a public servant. Agreed, but Sir, owing to current high inflation, and no compensation from government to lessen my situation, I am honestly left with no option but to look for illicit means to be able to make my ends meet, no matter how much I may not agree with this in principles,” reads the letter.
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The officer disclosed his pay as being Rs. 122,922 and the breakdown of his general expenses, which came to Rs. 110,500.
“I have not included all the petty expenses one has to incur being a husband, a father, and made an earing individual, who does not live in solitude but in a society where one must being participatory,” he wrote.
Seeking permission to do corruption, he wrote: “However, rest assure, I may not cause national exchequer huge losses. I would ensure I take minimum possible, as I am not a habitual corrupt person but one who has been forced by the circumstances and consequent disregard from my own Prime Minster”.
The letter’s legitimacy has to be independently confirmed.
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