As many as six Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) of Balochistan, including three Parliamentary Secretaries, 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 second report in FAFEN’s ongoing series assessing the annual tax return–filing status of elected representatives across Pakistan. The first report covered 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 last week of September 2025, and FBR’s online verification system on October 28, 2025, using their National Identity Card (NIC) numbers available in nomination papers submitted for the 2024 General Elections.
How are Balochistan MPAs doing?
Out of the 65 members of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan, 56 MPAs are listed as active taxpayers, meaning their names appear in the ATL. However, the status of six 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 three other members could not be verified due to the unavailability of their NIC numbers.
The non-filer MPAs include three elected on general seats, two on women-reserved seats, and one on minority-reserved seat. By party affiliation, two belong to Pakistan Muslim League (N), while one each represents the Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), National Party (NP), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUI-P).
Stay tuned to our website for FAFEN’s upcoming reports on non-filers in other Provincial Assemblies. To understand how the FBR categorizes taxpayers and what legal or financial consequences apply to non-filers, read this explanation.
