Supreme Court of Pakistan
2026
THLN 8334
2026 PTD 336
Laws Cited
Income Tax Ordinance, 2001
Sections
Second Schedule Part 1 Clause 58(2)(i), Clause 58

M/s F.C. Security Services (Pvt.) Limited, Peshawar. … Petitioner

VS

Commissioner Inland Revenue, Zone I, Regional Tax Office, Peshawar. .....Respondent

Petitioner(s) by: Mr. Jahanzeb Masud, ASC. [in all cases]
Respondent(s) by: Mr. Shahid Raza Malik, ASC. [in all cases] [through video-link from Peshawar] Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, Director-General, Law, FBR. Mr. Arfat Rasool, Secretary Legal, FBR. [Both at Islamabad]
Present: Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi, CJ Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui Mr. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb
ORDER

Three connected Tax References were decided by the impugned consolidated judgment dated 16.10.2024 passed by the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar, whereby the petitioner was denied the exemption to pay tax on the income so derived.2. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. The petitioner, being Frontier Constabulary Security Services is a Private Limited Company and derived income by providing security services as its only prime business. The matter pertained to the tax years 2007, 2008 and 2009, wherein the petitioner sought exemption from income tax under sub-clause (2)(i) of clause (58) of Part-I of the Second Schedule to the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Ordinance'). It is urged that petitioner is wholly owned by Frontier Constabulary Foundation, which itself enjoying exemption from income vide Special Education and Social Welfare Division SRO 205 (I)/86 dated 24.02.1986. Thus, in consequence there...