Syed Mohammad Shabbar Zaidi is a Pakistani chartered accountant who served as the 26th Chairman of

Federal Board of Revenue The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ( ur, ), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of ...

from May 2019 till April 2020. Previously, he served as a provincial Minister in the

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions u ...

during the 2013 caretaker setup. He was the territory partner of PwC Pakistan. He is a fellow member of

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan ( ur, , ICAP) is a professional accountancy body in Pakistan. As of 2022, it has over 8,000 members working in and outside Pakistan. The institute was established on July 1, 1961 to regulate th ...

and also served as president of the Institute for 2005–2006. He had been working with A. F. Ferguson & Co., a member firm of

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since 1969 and currently working as Senior Partner there. Among his non-profit work, he is a trustee of Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) and member of Boards of Governors of

Liaquat National Hospital The Liaquat National Hospital is located at Stadium Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. History Soon after Independence the Red Cross Fete Committee, which was chaired by Syed Wajid Ali, raised about PKR 800,000 through meena bazaars organized ...

and Karachi School of Business and Leadership (KSBL). In the past, he has also been the President of the

and Chairman of the

South Asian Federation of Accountants The South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) is a forum of professional accounting bodies in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region of eight nations. It works in the public interest and towards broad economic devel ...

. Syed Shabbar Zaidi has also authored a lot of books, including ''Panama Leaks – A Blessing in Disguise – Offshore Assets of Pakistani Citizens'', ''A Journey for Clarity'' and ''Pakistan: Not a Failed State''. As a Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue, he introduced the Asset Declaration Scheme, whose deadline was July 3, 2019, by any measure this scheme considered as most successful asset declaration program in the history of Pakistan. He was removed from his post on 6 April 2020 succeeding Nausheen Javed Amjad as chairman FBR. Currently on board of directors of Lucky Core Industries Limited.

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