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    CURRICULUM VITAE

    1. Name: Muhammad Munir Qureshi

    2. Year of birth: 1947

    3. Nationality: Pakistan.

    4. Civil status: Married

    5. Education:

    Institution Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

    1. Government College, Lahore (PunjabUniversity), 1963-67.

    MA., BA (HONS), ECONOMICS (Major),Psychology, Political Science. Placed inthe Academic Roll of Honour.

    2. Aitchison College, Lahore, 1961-63

    3. Harvard Law School, HarvardUniv, USA 1985-86 (Int'l TaxProgram).

    4. Lahore Univ of ManagementSciences -LUMS- (2006-07).

    Higher Secondary School Certificate -HSSC-(Economics, Geography,Political Science). Awarded meritscholarship (1963-66).

    Certificate course (comp tax admin., USTax Law, State & Local TaxesEconomics). Dissertation: Anappraisal of the scheme of fiscalincentives in the Pakistan Income TaxCode.

    Certificate course- Strategic ChangeLeadership Workshop.

    6. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest)

    Language Reading Spoken Written

    English 5 5 5

    Urdu 5 5 5

    7. Other skills (e.g. computer literacy, etc.): fully conversant with most desktop

    computer applications.

    8. Present position: Adviser to the FEDERAL TAX OMBUDSMAN.

    9. Years in present employment: 14 months.

    10. Key qualifications:

    Mr Muhammad Munir Qureshi is a Tax Administration Expert and Economist.He has worked forover 28 years in the field formations of the Federal Board ofRevenue, as tax assessor/collector, adjudicator, supervisor and trainer(1969-1998). He has also held the senior managerial appointment ofMember

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    (HRD/Wealth Tax/Re-Structuring), Central Board of Revenue, from 1998 2000. He was closely associated with the drafting of the Pakistan RevenueAuthority Bill tabled in Parliament in Aug 1999 but the events of Oct 12, 1999 ledto its demise.His total FBR experience is 32 years. Additionally, Mr Munir

    Qureshi has worked for six years (2000-2006) in the Ministry of Law, Governmentof Pakistan, as a specialist judge (Direct Taxes) in the Income Tax AppellateTribunal, LahoreBench, Lahore (Highest Court of appeal on Direct Tax issuesinvolving a factual determination) writing over6000 judgements with 53judgements published in leading law journals. He has been in charge of training(Direct Taxes) as Director General of the FBR Training Academy at Lahore(2006-08). He has received the meritorious services award from FBR four timesduring his service career.Mr Munir Qureshi is also an Economist with a First Class Masters Degree inEconomics (Honour's School- 1967) from the prestigious, Government College,Lahore and was placed in the Academic Roll of Honourfor outstanding merit. Heis the author of a published book on Fiscal Policy (Fiscal Imperatives in

    Pakistan's Economic Development-1989). His articles have appeared in the printmedia since 1965 and he was a regular contributor to the DOTGazette, a monthlymagazine of the Training Academy at Lahore that he started when he headed theinstitution as DG in 2006-08.Prior to joining government service in 1969, Mr Munir Qureshi worked as aResearch Associate with the Harvard Advisory Group to Pakistan.Mr Munir Qureshi has very good communication skills.

    Specific expertise:

    Tax Administration in Pakistan

    Tax Reform / Re-structuring of FBR

    Int'l best practices in upgrading tax administration

    Appellate Adjudication (Direct Taxes)

    Curricula design in taxation training institutions

    Multi dimensional training methodology

    Training needs assessment

    I.T. Training for support staff and officers in tax administration

    Change management Teaching Economics as a subject (Graduate School) Project evaluation Forecasting, Economic projections.

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    11. Country experience:

    In 1977, Mr Munir Qureshi went to Japan to participate in a Workshop on FiscalManagement sponsored by the Japan Int'l Cooperation Agency.

    Mr Munir Qureshi has participated in the Int'l Tax Program of the Harvard LawSchool, Harvard University, USA (July 1985 June 1986) where he studiedcomparative tax administration, economics, U.S Tax Law. The program included avisit to Canada to study the country's tax system. In 1987, as a participant in the51st Advanced Course in Administration and development conducted by theNational Institute of Public Administration, he went on a foreign tour to study PublicAdministration in Spain and Portugal. In 1995, as a participant in the 62nd

    National National Management Course of the Pakistan Administrative StaffCollege, he went to Australia and Indonesia and studied the tax systems of thosecountries. In Feb 2010, Mr Munir Qureshi participated in a Workshop onAdvanced Investigative Techniques in Bangkok, Thailand, conducted byMr Andre Marin, Ombudsman, Ontario, Canada.

    12. Employment History:

    Date: 2009 - date

    Location Lahore

    Company FEDERAL TAX OMBUDSMAN

    Position Adviser

    Description Investigation of maladministration in the Federal Board of Revenue.

    Date: 2006-08

    Company Federal Board of Revenue

    Position Director General.

    Description CEO of FBR's Training Academy for officers and support staff at Lahore.

    Date: 2000-2006

    Company Income Tax Appellate Tribunal of Pakistan, Lahore Bench, Lahore.

    Position Accountant Member.

    Description Appellate Adjudication (Direct Taxes).

    Date: 1998-2000

    Location Islamabad.

    Company Central Board of Revenue.

    Position Senior Managerial (Member (HRD/Wealth Tax / Re-Structuring).

    Date: 1969-1998

    Location Various locations in Pakistan.

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    Company Central Board of Revenue (Field Formations).

    Position Income Tax officer, Additional Commissioner, Commissioner.

    Description Assessment/Collection/Adjudication/Supervision Direct Taxes.

    Date: 1969

    Location Lahore

    Company Harvard Advisory Group to Pakistan.

    Position Research Associate

    CV: Muhammad Munir Qureshi_ Contact: [email protected] (last updated NOV 2010)

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