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title: "FTO orders FBR to address unjust rejection of tax refund claim"
description: "Both outlets reported that the Federal Tax Ombudsman directed the FBR to correct an unjust rejection of a taxpayer’s refund claim. The Business Recorder included the phrase “Taxpayer’s IT refund claim” at the beginning of the headline, while The Nation omitted the “IT” abbreviation. Otherwise, the headlines and excerpts were nearly identical in emphasis and content."
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# FTO orders FBR to address unjust rejection of tax refund claim

business · updated 28 Jul 2026, 7:37 AM PKT · 28 Jul 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that the Federal Tax Ombudsman directed the FBR to correct an unjust rejection of a taxpayer’s refund claim. The Business Recorder included the phrase “Taxpayer’s IT refund claim” at the beginning of the headline, while The Nation omitted the “IT” abbreviation. Otherwise, the headlines and excerpts were nearly identical in emphasis and content.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The Nation** — [FTO directs FBR to correct unjust rejection of taxpayer’s refund](https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Jul-2026/fto-directs-fbr-correct-unjust-rejection-taxpayer-s-refund) · 28 Jul 2026, 7:37 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD - The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to correct what it termed the unjust rejection of a taxpayer’s income tax refund claim, ruling that the department acted arbitrarily and in violation of the principles of natural justice.
- **Business Recorder** — [Taxpayer’s IT refund claim: FTO directs FBR to correct unjust rejection](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432117/taxpayers-it-refund-claim-fto-directs-fbr-to-correct-unjust-rejection) · 28 Jul 2026, 5:40 AM PKT · 95% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to correct what it termed the unjust rejection of a taxpayer’s income tax refund claim, ruling that the department acted arbitrarily and in violation of the principles of natural justice. In an order issued by Federal Tax Ombudsman Zafar Hijazi, the FTO instructed the Commissioner Inland Revenue, Refund Z...

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