Data shows gender workforce disparity in FBR
Business Recorder • • 1 min read
Women hold 1,772 of the Federal Board of Revenue’s 19,549 filled jobs, representing 9.55 percent of its workforce, Business Recorder reported. Men occupy the remaining 16,777 positions, or 90.45 percent, across pay grades BPS 1 to 22.
The imbalance is visible at both senior and junior levels. Women account for 523 of 3,198 filled posts in BPS 17 to 22, while their share in BPS 1 to 16 is 1,249 of 16,351 positions, or about 7.6 percent. BPS-5 has the most filled positions, 3,697, but only 210 are held by women; in BPS-4, women occupy just two of 593 jobs.
The figures provide a snapshot of staffing across Pakistan’s tax administration, including differences in representation by grade. For investors and businesses, the data relates to FBR, the institution responsible for tax administration.
At a glance
- Women fill 9.55 percent of FBR’s 19,549 positions.
- Female representation is about 7.6 percent in BPS 1 to 16.
Originally reported by Business Recorder
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