The federal government on Thursday removed Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera from the post of federal tax ombudsman, withdrawing the official notification for his appointment, a private TV channel reported. Former inspector general of police (IGP) in Punjab, Mushtaq Sukhera was appointed the federal tax ombudsman in August 2017 by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. “The notification regarding appointment of Mr Muhstaq Ahmed Sukhera (Retd-PSP/BS-22) as the Federal Tax Ombudsman is hereby withdrawn ab initio,” read the official notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) federal government has prepared a reference against the former IGP for his alleged failure to avert the 2014 tragedy in Lahore’s Model Town and forwarded it to the law ministry. The report claimed that the government is likely to appoint Justice (r) Faqir Hussain Khokhar, a former judge of the Supreme Court, as the federal tax ombudsman.