Pakistan, June 27 -- The Sindh High Court (SHC) has declared a Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) office order appointing officers to monitor a private business as null and void, ruling that the tax authority's monitoring powers are subject to legal safeguards and cannot be exercised without proper justification.

During the hearing, the court observed that while the Sales Tax Act empowers the FBR to appoint officers for monitoring purposes, the authority is not unlimited and must be exercised in accordance with the conditions prescribed under the law.

The petitioner challenged the office order, arguing that FBR officials had been deployed at the business premises following an unlawful raid. The petitioner's counsel maintained that the monit...