As many as four Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) of Sindh, including a former provincial minister, appear to have not filed their income tax returns for the 2024 tax year, as their names are missing from the Active Taxpayers List (ATL) published on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) website www.fbr.gov.pk.
This is the third report in FAFEN’s ongoing series assessing the annual tax return–filing status of elected representatives across Pakistan.
Read the FAFEN report on non-filers among Members of the National Assembly (MNAs)
How was the filing status verified?
FAFEN checked legislators’ filing status through the ATL downloaded from the FBR website during the last week of September 2025, and FBR’s online verification system on October 28, 2025, using the provincial legislators’ National Identity Card (NIC) numbers available in nomination papers submitted for the 2024 General Elections.
How many Sindh MPAs comply with the law?
Out of the 168 members of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, 156 MPAs are listed as active taxpayers, meaning their names appear in the ATL. However, the status of four MPAs was marked as inactive, indicating they did not file their annual income tax returns as required under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
The tax status of eight other members could not be verified due to the unavailability of their NIC numbers.
The non-filer MPAs include three elected on general seats and one on a women-reserved seat. By party affiliation, three belong to Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) and one to Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQMP).
Read the FAFEN report on non-filers among Members of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
Stay tuned to our website for FAFEN’s upcoming reports on non-filers in other Provincial Assemblies as well. To understand how the FBR categorizes taxpayers and what legal or financial consequences apply to non-filers, read this explanation.
