Shabbar Zaidi
Syed Shabbar Zaidi graduated with distinction from Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore, and is a chartered accountant. He has held many prestigious positions during his illustrious career, including:
Member of the Federal Government Task Force for Tax Administration
Member Advisory Committee for the Revenue Division of Federal Government
Member Federal Government Committee for Improvement in Regulatory Framework
Member Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Sales Tax, and Income Tax.
Member Task Force on Tax Reform
Advisor on Economic and Financial matters to the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Member of the Southern Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) for two four-year terms.
Member of the 'Council' of ICAP for a four-year term (2001-2005).
Vice President, ICAP 2002-2003
President, ICAP (2005-2006)
President, South Asian Federation of Accountants (2008)
Provincial Minister of Finance, Board of Revenue and Excise & Taxation Sindh during the 2013 caretaker Sindh government
Partner, A.F. Ferguson & Co. a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (1995-2014).
Territory Senior Partner, A.F. Ferguson & Co (2014–2019);
Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue (9 May 2019-6 April 2020).
His non-profit work has also been illustrious:
He is a founder trustee of Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT);
Member, Board of Governors, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi.
Some of the books he has authored are:
A Journey for Clarity – An Analysis of Some Accounting Concepts in Taxation Matters
Pakistan: Not a failed State; Panama Leaks: A Blessing in Disguise – Offshore Assets of Pakistani Citizens
Rich people Poor Country – The Story of Fiscal and Foreign Exchange Policies in Pakistan
Faith & Intellect
OECD’s Multilateral Instruments & Pakistan’s Bilateral Double Tax Avoidance Agreements.