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Collectors of Customs and Chief Commissioners would be empowered to take administrative action against all designations up to Grade16. | See pAge 06 |
Chief Collector Rozi Khan Burki urges all collectorates to gear up their efforts to achieve targets of this fiscal year See pAge 09 | ReMovINg HuRdLeS
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DG Transit Trade Khawar Farid Maneka held a meeting with customs officials to discuss 11 issues related to WeBOC and 12 issues related to the transit trade. | See pAge 03 |
Holder of taxpayer card to get numerous benefits; refunds to textile sector to be completed till 30th
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Fabric importers should come up with legal import documents of the consignments to clear their seized items, says Nadeem Ahsan. | See pAge 09 |
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BR Chairman Tariq Bajwa disclosed that Nadra had designed a ‘distinction’ card for the taxpayers and holders of this card will get numerous beneQits. Addressing members of Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(MCCI), Bajwa pointed out that holders of this card would be entitled to pay concessional tax on the purchase of cars and entitled to waiver of withholding tax on the purchase of property. He warned that the government had decided to impose maximum tax on evaders. He pointed out that the tax-toGDP ratio declined during the recent years despite increase in tax rate, adding that if tax-to-GDP ratio increased by 13 percent, there would be no need of foreign loans
or borrowing from the banks. He disclosed that the FBR had paid more than Rs20 billion to 22,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as tax refunds while the payment of refunds to textile sector would be completed till September 30. The FBR chief said that about 30 to 35 thousand new taxpayers had Qiled their declarations during current Qiscal year. See page 10
Top 10,000 retailers to be brought into tax net
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uK funds fbR for tax awareness campaigns
ISLAMABAD: British Department for International Development will donate Rs 5 million to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) which will be spent on awareness campaigns urging people to pay tax. As per details, a delegation of DFID has met with FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa and offered him Rs 5 million funds for the campaigns to educate public about the importance of paying tax. Sources informed Customs Today that Rs 2.5 million will be spent on electronic and other half on print advertisements, asking public to submit their taxes.
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Collector Najeeb asks clearing agents to file correct gds
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valuationrulingof malleableiron pipefittingsissued he Directorate General of Customs Valuation has determined the value of malleable iron pipe fittings throughValuation Ruling No 682/2014 under Section 25A of Customs Act, 1969. According to details, the Customs values of malleable iron pipe fittings with grooves (below 4 inches size) from China Origin having HS Code 7307.1990 and proposed PCT forWeBOC is 7307.1990.1000 has fixed at $0.69 per kilogram.The Customs values of malleable iron pipe fittings without grooves (below 4 inches size) from China Origin having HS Code 7307.1920 and proposed PCT for WeBOC is 7307.1990.1000 has fixed at $0.56 per kilogram. The Customs values of malleable iron pipe fittings with grooves (above 4 inches size) from China Origin having HS Code 7307.1990 and proposed PCT forWeBOC is 7307.1990.1100 has fixed at $0.96 per kilogram.The Customs values of malleable iron pipe fittings without grooves (above 4 inches size) from China Origin having HS Code 7307.1920 and proposed PCT for WeBOC is 7307.1990.1010 has fixed at $0.76 per kilogram. It is pertinent to mention here that the saidVR No 682 has superseded previousVR No.514/2012 on malleable iron pipe fittings. —CT Report
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oncerned about the negative impact of collection of state revenues as well as the longish dwell time for the clearance of import cargoes, the Collector Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (East) Najeeb R. Abbasi recently issued a public notice asking the owner/authorized clearing agents to file correct, complete and specific declaration of imported goods as mandated under the relevant provisions of the Customs Act, 1969. The Public Notice also asked the owner/authorized Clearing Agents to Qile GDs showing all necessary import documents including invoice, packing list, bill of lading, indents, contracts/LC, catalogue(s), etc in addition to any related correspondence with foreign supplier. Furthermore, container-wise packing list should be uploaded/scanned in case the consignment consists of multiple containers. The notice asked the importers to make certain that at the time of Qiling, GDs are correct, complete and comprehensive in terms of batch, article number, quantity, sizes, etc. and other speciQications which may have any bearing on the correct classiQication, valuation, implementation of Import Policy Order, allied laws and other aspects necessary for assessment of correct duties/taxes. For instance in case of MEG classiQication under PCT 2905.3100, the declaration should include details in respect f purity, grade, physical form (whether powder,
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ahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)Vice President Mian Tariq Misbah said that road blockade with containers may save the democracy but could subvert the economy. He said that delay in consignments has affected the business community, especially the small businessmen and industry.“If government has given the permission to the marches of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran khan and Pakistan AwamiTehreek chiefTahirul Qadri then why it captured the containers loaded with import/export goods for road blockade,” he added. Referring to current political unrest, General Secretary of GoodsTransport Association Lahore, Nabeel Mahmood Tariq claimed that each transporter is bearing more than Rs 20,000 loss daily due to container confiscation. “The federal administration had used almost 2000 containers only in twin cities to restrain the protesters of Azadi and Inqilab marches,” he revealed, adding that a large number of containers were captured by government from dry ports without paying any rent to owners. “The government should hand over the containers to the transporters immediately and compensate the damages of the transporters and traders,” he demanded.
Qlakes, etc.) and other information like organic or inorganic, etc. In case of dinner sets, number of pieces in the set, weight, constituent material, brand name (if any), whether gold plated or not, number of packages, origin etc. need to be mentioned. In case of piston ring set, declaration to show origin, number of pistons in the set, brand, part number, whether genuine (OEM)/non-genuine, for LTV or HTV, CC of vehicle for which these are meant should be provided. For dyes, the declarations should include colour, index number,
The notice asked the importers to ensure gds are correct, complete and comprehensive
batch, strength of the dye, manufacturer’s name, nature of dye (direct, reactive, wet etc.), physical form (powder, paste, liquid), origin, mode of packing etc. should be provided. Similarly upload of all statutory certiQicates/permissions as required under the law that are pre-requisite for assessment/release of the consignments would also have to be provided. The failure to Qile the correct, complete and speciQic declarations by the importers would entail punitive measures as provided for in the Customs Act, 1969, the public notice warned.
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BR is going to establish a Central Account for processing of Goods Declarations (GDs) and processing fee (service charges) is levied and collected @ Rs 250 per GD under SRO1053(I)/2011 read with SRO559(I)/2012. According to details, the Board has approved the disbursement of the amount collected as GD processing fee (Service Charges) and the Customs Collectorates will transfer the amount collected under their individual accounts of Service Charges for processing of GDs. The disbursement will be made through the Central Account with a 30 percent of the amount collected during a Qinancial year or part
thereof will be reserved for up-gradation, maintenance, training and operation of the Computerized System Network, and allied hardware/software. Amount under this head may also be utilized for the purchase of hardware and software. As per procedure, the amount will be transferred from the Central Account to the separate account maintained by the Directorate General (Reforms and Automation) and expenditure from the account of Directorate General (Reforms & Automation) will be made with the prior approval of the Board. The FBR has also decided to set 10 per cent of the amount collected during a Qinancial year or part thereof will be utilized for disbursement to the informers, the amount of funds under the head (fund for informers) will be transferred to a separate account, allo-
cation and disbursement to Qield formations and FBR Headquarters from the above account will be made by Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Khan and the Qield formations will maintain proper account of the funds received and disbursed under this head. Thirty per cent of the amount collected during a Qinancial year or part thereof will be transferred to the respective Common Pool Funds (CPFs) as per following share: FBR 12 per cent, MCCs (North) 11 per cent, MCCs Central 12pc, MCCs Appraisement (South) 17pc, MCCs Enforcement—South 13pc, DG I&IFBR 12pc, DGTR 5pc, DG of Internal Audit (Customs) 3pc, DG PCA (Customs) 3pc, DG of Valuation 3pc, DG Transit Trade 3pc, DG IOCO 3pc and Adjudication Collectorates and DR ofQices 3pc. Furthermore, 30 per cent of the
amount collected during a Qinancial year or part thereof will be utilized for investment, asset formation and development works aimed at betterment of Customs Department and its employees. The funds under the head (Investment & Assets building) will be transferred to a separate account, Customs Personnel Welfare Account, maintained at FBR Headquarters, utilization of the funds will be approved by a Board of Trustees consisting of one FBR Member belonging to Pakistan Customs Service as Chairman, one FBR Member/Director General belonging to Pakistan Customs Service as member and Chief (F&C) as Secretary. The Board of Trustees may approve utilization of part of funds under the head in any other manner including transfer of one or more CPFs.
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Karachi Tax bar seeks removal of flaws in IT return form
KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has written to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), asking it to remove flaws in new income tax return form for tax year 2014. In its letter, the KTBA pointed out that the board has uploaded the income tax returns along with allied annexure and wealth statement on its web portal without the issuance of SRO. The letter pinpointed that there was a check at serial no 15 which may be used by the e-filers whereas manual filers would not be able to incorporate date of birth in the return.
Collector suspends principal appraiser for mismanagement
Maneka, Customs officials for removing ATT, weboC hurdles Modified WeBOC modules to be operational from June 2015 KARACHI
Customs to implement WeBOC atWagha: MajidYousfani
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immediate attention and early resolution for facilitating the smooth movement of transit trade.” Meanwhile, the Directorate of Reforms and Automation has planned to turn all 60 modules of WeBOC (Web Based One Customs) on the design speciQications provided by the directorate, operational from June next year. The installation of WeBOCs, which can be easily modiQied to shape up and provide more effective customs control and better trade facilitation, would launch a new era for the Pakistan Customs processes. At present,
akistan Customs to testWeb Based One Customs (WeBOC), the homegrown state of the art automation system designed and developed entirely by Pakistan Customs, at Wagah Border this month. Director of Reforms & Automation Abdul MajidYousfani said thatWeBOC will introduce land and air modules till end of this month to help widen the reach of Pakistan Customs automation operations as Customs has already installedWeBOC on 70 per cent of sea operations. “The testing of theWeBOC atWagha Border is in the final phase and after Wagha other major land stations including Torkham, Chaman,Taftan, Sust, Quetta Railway Station and Lahore Railway Station are on the list forWeBOC automation installation,” he said. He said thatWeBOC is not installed at most of the land stations but after its testing atWagah; customs authorities will install the automation service on other major land stations. “The automation of the Customs import/export process at the land stations would not only offer convenience to the importers but also ensure payment of due duties and taxes by traders,”he said, adding that each month 5000-6000 GDs have been filed by traders through land points which will be administered through WeBOC after installation. —CT Report
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ifferent trade organisations have expressed deep concerns over the alleged negligence of the officials working in the FreeTrade Agreement (FTA) Cell at Customs House, Karachi, and demanded steps to improve its working. According to details, the trade organisations were of the view that the officials concerned in FTA Cell were not making the use of automated system for the convenience of trade bodies and creating impediments in verification of FTA Certificate to the traders. One of the traders, on condition of anonymity, informed CustomsToday that the officials of Pakistan Customs in FTA Cell matched the“manual”signature of importer/exporter prior to the verification of FTA Certificate, despite having the facility to check authenticity of the trader through electronic“Bar Code”in the automated system.They demanded the authorities concerned of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to take necessary actions for redressing the issues being created by the officials at the FTA Cell. It is to be noted that MCC-Appraisement Collector Muhammad Saleem had, a few days ago, suspended principal appraiser at the FTA and off-duty UDCs and LDCs following a host of complaints regarding misbehaviour and use of unfair means in verification of FTA Certificates to the importers/exporters. —CT Report
meeting was held to discuss transit trade and review the progress of the reconciliation of consignments moving from Karachi ports to border points of the Pakistan Customs in Peshawar and Quetta. Director General of Transit Trade (TT) Khawar Farid Maneka presided over the meeting which was attended by the additional director Karachi, deputy director TT processing Karachi, deputy director TT Port Qasim, deputy director TT East Wharf Karachi, deputy director West Wharf Karachi, director reforms and automation and assistant director TT Chaman. The meeting discussed a 24points agenda, including 11 issues related to WeBOC (Web-Based One Customs) and 12 issues related to the transit trade. Other issues, including cross stufQing of Afghan export at Wagha Border, the status of EDI messaging with Afghan Customs, the status of establishing border complexes at Chaman and Torkham, the status of customs-to-customs meetings with Afghan counterparts, the export of grams and pulses from Afghanistan and the status of unclear Afghan cargo, were also discussed. The letter issued by the directorate general of transit trade on August 13, 2014 stated “After the launch of WeBOC system for the transit trade cargo certain issues have been brought to the notice of the director general transit trade which require
the sources said that 60 to70 per cent of the total modules were already operational or in the process of repair while the remaining half of them are in development phase. They said that the real time automation solution will be the Qirst of its kind for Customs anywhere across the world, will be implemented at all the Customs stations across Pakistan. “The complete automation of Pakistan Customs would help speed up Customs clearance at sea, land and air stations. It will also save the traders from paying Qines due to delay at examination,” sources added.
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SEPTEMBER 16 - SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
fbR asked to implement employees union’s demands
LAHORE: The Federal Revenue Alliance Employees Union has asked the FBR to implement long delayed charter of demands of the union immediately, in a monthly meeting here the other day. Federal Revenue Alliance Employees Union President, Syed Naeem Abbas Shah preside the meeting at the FBR Lahore office. The general secretary of the union, Shahzad Butt told Customs Today that we have submitted charter of demands to authorities a year ago but they have not taken any steps to fulfill the demands.
Rs 240 million fraud
Member Admin Jatoi takes action against corrupt officers BR Member Admin Shahid Hussain Jatoi has learnt that most of his instructions regarding corrupt officers were being ignored by lower management staff. As per details, Jatoi has sought the records of personal hearings against corrupt officers, from his appointment to date, on reports of mismanagement in these cases. It is learnt that the Member Admin has given instructions about the officers who were found involved in some illegal act or corruption, but these accused with consent of lower management saved themselves from any action. Sources told Customs Today that the officers involved in mismanagement were of the view that Member Admin will not learn about their malpractice and will be soon transferred, however, now these officers of lower admin and management were worried about their fate as Member Admin mostly decided everything on merit. "Member Admin will soon ask these officers that on what grounds they refused the instructions about corrupt officers and if these officers could not produce any valid reason they have to face consequences," they added. —CT Report
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fbRofficialsarrest factoryownerfor evadingRs280mtax BR Lahore Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue Raza Ashfaq Sheikh has arrested a factory owner for allegedly evading Rs 280 million tax. As per details, the deputy commissioner raided a house in Shahdman, Lahore, and arrested Nasir Tariq Butt, owner of Munir Foundry situated on Shiekhpura Road. Butt had not been paying his tax dues since 2009. The customs lodged an FIR against the accused and started investigations into the matter. Sources told that Customs Inspector Hamid Shah got injuries during the raid as the accused showed resistance to his arrest. Customs Inspectors Rana Ijaz, Malik Qaiser, Sadiq Salik also participated in the raid. —CT Report
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Tax officers directed to recover Rs70b BR ChairmanTariq Bajwa has directed the subordinates to present the comprehensive report on Rs 70 billion tax evasion by a famous businessman of Multan City. As per details, FBR chairman asked regional tax officers of Multan to recover Rs 70 billion rupees tax from a businessman evaded in last two years.The accused Saim Mobeen and Chaudhry Zulfiqar Anjum were allegedly involved in the stealing of Sui gas for their biscuit factory S.M Foods on manufacturing plants evading Rs 70 billion tax money. —CT Report
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R&D registers FIR against Sundus Fertilizers, clearing agent
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he Customs Collectorate AdjudicationI served show-cause notices on 12 fabric importers allegedly involved in Qinancial fraud in term of tax evasion amounting to Rs240 million by taking undue advantage of SRO1125(I)/2011 on commercial import of fabric. The importers who have been served with show-cause notices include M/s Al-Mawadah Textile, M/s AI Enterprises, M/s Ahsan Enterprises, M/s Al-Harmain Textile, M/s GM Exports, M/s Hira Exports, M/s Pioneer Textile, M/s Anwar & sons, M/s Nawaz Enterprises, M/s Sara Corporation, M/s BA Impex and M/s WJK Enterprises. According to details, M/s AlMawadah has been accused of tax evasion to the tune of more than Rs18 million in term of additional sales tax and advance income tax; M/s A I Enterprises was involved in tax evasion of Rs18 million; M/s Ahsan Enterprises was involved in tax evasion of Rs45 million; M/s Al-Harmain was involved in tax evasion of Rs7 million; M/s GM Exports evaded tax amounting to Rs59 million; M/s Hira Exports was involved in tax evasion of Rs102 million; M/s Pioneer Textile was involved in tax evasion of Rs18 million; M/s Anwar & sons
evaded tax to the tune of more than Rs6 million; M/s Nawaz Enterprises was involved in tax evasion of Rs33 million; M/s Sara Corporation was involved in tax evasion of about Rs8 million; M/s B A Impex evaded tax to the tune of Rs19 and M/s WJK was involved in tax evasion of Rs5 million. It is to be noted that all these case fall in the purview of MCC-Appraisement (West). According to the MCC-Appraisement (West), certain unscrupulous commercial importers attempted to mis-use the concessionary rate of sales tax provided under
SRO1125(I)/2011 by obtaining sales tax registration from Inland-Revenue under the category of manufacturers despite having no manufacturing facility of their own. It is to be noted that according to condition (VII) of SRO1125(I)/2011, amended vide SRO154(I)/2013, SRO504(I)/2013 and SRO898(I)/2013, sales tax is chargeable on import of fabric at concessionary rate if imported by registered manufacturers and commercial importers of different slab. As per above mentioned condition of said notiQications, registered manufacturers listed in the Active Taxpayers’ List (ATL) pay sales tax at import stage @3per cent on fabric imported for in-house consumption and income tax @1per cent while commercial importers were required to pay additional sales tax @2per cent over and above the concessionary rate of 3per cent and income tax @3per cent. Furthermore, scrutiny of the relevant import data revealed that the importers imported consignments containing different kind of fabrics, and Qiled GDs for home consumption, falsely claiming beneQit of Sales Tax vide SRO1125(I)/2011.
he Research and Development (R&D) Section of MCC Appraisement (East) has registered an FIR against owners, directors, partners of M/s Sundus Fertilizers & Chemicals Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd and M/s AlRehmat Trading, clearing agent against mis-declaration of description and value, as the importers tried to import Cartap Hydrochloride Tech 98 per cent min, B No 20140408 packed in 25 kgs net PP bags under garb of Di-calcium Phosphate (Cap 98per cent Batch No 20140408). The importers were involved in tax evasion of Rs 5398479, as they violated Section 32(1), 32(2), 32A, 79 and 192 of the Customs Act, 1969 read with the Section 33 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990; Section 148 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 and Section 3(1) of the Import & Export (Control) Act, 1950 punishable under clause (14A) (46) and (86) of Section 156(1) of the Customs Act, 1969. According to details, a credible information was received in R&D Section that M/s Sundus Fertilizers & Chemicals Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd are indulged in gross mis-declaration regarding a consignment imported by them vide IGM No 101. R&D placed their consignment under vigilance. It is pertinent to mention here that the importer M/s Sundus Fertilizer & Chemicals Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd , electronically filed Goods Declaration (GD) No KAPE-HC-6955-19-07-2014 through their authorized clearing agent M/s Al-Rehmat Trading with declared description of goods as Di-calcium Phosphate (PCT Heading 2835.2600) at unit value US$0.7 per kg and total value USD 11200. —CT Report
fbR to charge 7.5% tax on electricity bills ISLAMABAD
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ederal Board of Revenue has obtained the list of commercial and bulk electricity consumers and sent it to regional tax offices to make tax collection possible. Sources told CustomsToday that FBR, with coordination of KESC and DISCOS, will collect 5 per cent and 7.5 per cent sales tax on electricity bills. “The consumers with Rs 20,000 or above electricity bills will be charged 5, 7 and 7.5 per cent sales tax on the amount of electricity bill” they added. FBR has also decided to charge Steel mills Rs 7 per unit on their bulk bills through DISCOS. Sources also informed that FBR has written two letters to Member IT Ra'ana Amhad in this regard and decided to design a software for these collections.
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Customs ASo seizes container of smuggled Irani tiles
KARACHI: A team of Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) of Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation-Karachi on the special directives of Director General, Customs Intelligence and Investigation-FBR, Lutfullah Virk has seized smuggled Irani tiles worth Rs 2.5m in a raid. According to the details, an ASO team comprising Incharge Haji Muhammad Aslam, Akmal Hashmi, Asfar Shah and others on a tip-off raided Kathoor area located near Superhighway and seized a 20-feet container filled with smuggled Irani tiles worth Rs 2.5 million.
Q-Mobile served show-cause in Rs 772 million tax fraud case The authorized dealers of Q-mobile namely M/s Digicom (Pvt) Limited, M/s New Allied Electronics have not yet paid SalesTax of Rs 772 million on import of total 2410560 mobiles out of which 900 mobile sets were seized by Multan Customs
Rs107m recovery: Tribunal turns down PSO appeal he Customs Appellate Tribunal dismissed a Pakistan State Oil (PSO) appeal against the recovery of Rs107 million by the Customs authorities the former had not paid in the head of development surcharge on supply of POL products. It is verdict, the tribunal observed that the appellant could not be allowed to manipulate the provisions of Customs Act, 1969 and Development Surcharge Ordinance, 1961 to avoid tax (PDL Surcharge) which their competitors, were/are paying faithfully.The court ruled that the appellant could not be allowed to illegally enrich itself at the cost of government’s revenue. It is to be noted that Assistant Collector of Customs (Preventive) Oil Section, Kemari, Karachi finalized a contravention report stating that M/s Pakistan State Oil Limited had supplied POL Products (High Speed Diesel Oil) to Pakistan Navy vessel and declared the goods as‘duty paid’on relevant shipping bill cargo and charged the rate of local sale price‘other than foreign voyage’as fixed by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Later the oil company adjusted the local sale price cargo on form AR-3 being a local manufacturers goods and claimed exemption from government levies under SRO 455(I)/96 dated June 13, 1996. The SRO provides exemption from central excise duty in case only“If the goods are supplied to Pakistan Navy for consumption in its vessels.” However, Development Surcharge Ordinance 1961 states“subject to the provisions of the ordinance, every refinery and every company shall pay to the (federal government) a development surcharge equal to the differential margin in respect of petroleum’s products produced or as the case may be purchased by it for resale except for export. Therefore, exemption from payment of development surcharge on such supplies of POL products to Pakistan Navy vessels are not covered, as the price charged by PSO from Pakistan Navy as local sale price. —CT Report
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he Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I has served show-cause notices on Q-Mobile and clearing agent M/s Delta Express Cargo in alleged involvement of tax evasion of Rs 772 million in terms of Sales Tax. According to details, the Collectorate of Customs Multan has forwarded the Contravention/Seizure Report to Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I, Karachi in which it stated that the authorized dealers of Q-mobile namely M/s Digicom (Pvt)
Limited, M/s New Allied Electronics have not yet paid Sales Tax of Rs 772 million on import of total 2410560 mobiles out of which 900 mobile sets were seized by Multan Customs while remaining 2409660 mobile sets have not yet been seized by the authorities concerned. The Seizure Report further stated that M/s Digicom (Pvt) Limited and New Allied Electronics have submitted short tax in terms of Sales Tax on the import of smart phones. It said that the Sales Tax on the import of smartphones were Rs 500 per set while the said tax on medium category of cell phone of the same brand was Qixed at Rs 250 per set while the importers M/s Digicom Pvt Limited and M/s New Allied Electronics submitted Rs 250 on the import of per smartphone. The Digicom ofQicials
digicom and New Allied submitted Rs 250 tax, instead of Rs 500, on per smartphone
have reiterated their arguments that they had paid the duty on the phone sets as per the examination of customs under category B of SRO 460(I)/2013. The customs authorities, however, denied the claim saying that the company was paying Rs 500 duty on A300 which is cheaper than i6 model for which they are paying Rs 250 duty tax. In the light of the aforementioned details, the Collector of Customs Adjudication-I, Ahmed Mujtaba Memon has issued show-cause notices against M/s Digicom (Pvt) Limited and M/s New Allied Electronics and its clearing agent M/s Delta Express Cargo to present their view point before the Adjudication authorities on Sept 22, 2014, the date of hearing of the case.
FIRsagainstappraisers:Committeeyettogetexaminationreport KARACHI
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he appraisers who were nominated in the FIRs registered against them by the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation-FBR, Karachi for their alleged involvement in clearing consignments of coining oil, scrap, pipe and papers through mis-declaration have not yet submitted examination report before the committee
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constituted for probing the allegations against them. According to details, the Directorate of Customs Intelligence & Investigation in the month of July 2014 registered FIRs against four appraisers namely Sarfaraz Bangash Zai, Qasim Kalhoro, Murad Ali Shah and Mir Alam in their alleged involvement in the clearance of coining oil, scrap, paper and pipe by unfair means which caused millions of rupees loss to national exchequer. Reacting upon the said development,
appraisers’association protested against the legal proceedings carried out by the Customs Intelligence and adopted the view point that the FIRs lodged against the appraisers were not based on facts and demanded proper examination of the cleared samples through a committee constituted with the consensus of appraisers association and Customs Intelligence. Later on, a committee comprising Shaheen Farooqui (Principal Appraiser), Muzaffar Rizvi (Principal Appraiser), Mir Mansoor (Principal
Appraiser), Dost Muhammad (appraiser), Noor Elahi (appraiser) and Haris Khan (appraiser) was constituted with a task to examine the samples produced by alleged appraisers. However, the alleged appraisers have not yet produced any examination report before the committee even after passing two months of time period. Although, the authorities concerned of Customs Intelligence is still carrying out their legal proceedings, while those appraisers are on bail.
tors and chief commissioners. After the said decision, Collectors of Customs and Chief Commissioners would be empowered to initiate disciplinary proceedings against corrupt customs and Inland Revenue officers up to Grade 16 without prior approval of FBR. The board has also passed the audit policy of 2014 for the audit of fiscal year 2013-14. As per details, FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa presided over the board meeting in which decisions were taken on suggestions of Member Administraf o tion, Member Taxpayers s r o t Collec Chief Audit and Member Cusd n a s toms. Custom sioners According to Commis e sources, Board-inb ld wou Council approved enered to empow isciplinary hancement in the add ministrative powers initiate ings to Collectors of Cusproceed corrupt toms and Chief Comt s in aga missioners after a des and IR tailed discussion on the custom actions to be taken officers against the corrupt tax offi-
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board decides to give ISLAMABAD MuHAMMAd fAIzAN authority of www.customstoday.com institutional punitive measures to ďŹ eld formations, chief he Board-in-Council of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), on suggestion of Memcollectors and chief ber Customs Nisar Muhammad Khan, has decided to give authority of institutional punicommissioners tive measures to field formations, chief collec-
Audit policy 2014 approved
cers in the field formations. Collectors of Customs and Chief Commissioners would be empowered to take administrative action against all designations up to Grade16. Collectors of Customs can now take disciplinary action against the customs officers up to Superintendents of Customs. Similarly, Chief Commissioners would have the authority to take action against the officers of IR up to Grade-16. Explaining the impact of the decision, sources said that the Collectors of Customs and Chief Commissioners would have the legal authority to suspend any corrupt officer, conduct inquiry and even impose major penalty of dismissal from services under E&D Rules 1973, if necessary. Now, the heads of the field formations can timely complete disciplinary proceedings against the corrupt tax officers up to grade16. The Board-in-Council approved procedure for carrying out computerised random balloting for selection of audit cases for Tax Year 2013. The FBR Member (Taxpayers Audit) gave a presentation on the "Audit Policy 2014 for Tax Year 2013/Tax Period 2013". FBR Member Admin Shahid Hussain Jatoi presented four proposals, on which chairman decided to change the designation of chief coordinator of Data Processing Unit to director general. FBR chairman also accepted the proposal about provision of residence to FBR officers from other cities. In the meeting, members also decided to change the designation of director general of broadening of tax base. FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa also accepted the proposal of under work 'Stabilising Economy and Growth Plan' by Department of International Development. The proposal was presented by project director, in which UK DFID will provide financial assistance to FBR for broadening tax net to stabilise economy.
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ederal Board of Revenue Chairman Tariq Bajwa has claimed that hundreds of thousands of people are out of tax net in the country and serious efforts are required to persuade them to pay taxes. He says that every individual who pays tax is just like a client for his department and the government officials are supposed to take care of him and facilitate him. The chairman adds that the FBR is going to introduce taxpayer cards by the end of the current month resembling the national identity cards, and that fiscal incentives for cardholders are under consideration. He says that distinction should have to be made between filers and non-filers and that the filers will get fiscal incentives over non-filers so that their contribution could be recognised. Mr Bajwa called a spade a spade that broadening of tax net is essential for the development of the country. Tax is the money that a government collects from well-to-do persons to run the state’s affairs and more the tax revenue, more the availability of funds with the government and more the choices for it to launch infrastructural projects. No doubt industrial and economic growth of a country lies in the volume of taxes collections otherwise the government has to opt for domestic or international borrowings. Taxpayers are given high regard in developed economies where people proudly tell the government officials, policemen or bureaucrats, that they pay taxes when anyone tries to infringe upon his rights. In Pakistan, an individual is respected on the basis of his economic condition and not on the ground that he pays taxes. It is a good omen that the government is issuing cards and certificates to the big taxpayers in their services for the country. The prime minister has also distributed certificates and cards among 100 big taxpayers of the country and they are also given incentives. There is very simple way to broaden tax net and curtail corruption. In all over the world, even a single shop or kiosk cannot be opened without membership of the chamber of commerce. Our shopkeepers in commercial centers earn millions of rupees per day, but they do not pay taxes. During President Musharraf’s regime, a plan was made to impose Rs 500 annual tax on the shopkeepers and they had started taking out rallies and protest demonstrations. It is true that not all the shopkeepers are well-to-do, therefore, a mechanism should be evolved to categorise them on the basis of locations and the nature of their businesses.
Aftershocks of Imran, Qadri sit-ins LAHORE
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he aftershocks of the sit-ins by the Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri have begun to visibly appear in the economic horizon of the country after the postponement of Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to Pakistan. It was hoped that Qlood doors of the foreign direct investment would open in Pakistan with the visit of the Chinese head of the state and a new era of development and prosperity would dawn on Pakistan. However, the politicians across the board in Pakistan mishandled the issue and disappointed the nation. The com-
mon man is passing through difQicult times due to inQlation and economic recession, but the political leadership is busy in playing politics without least caring about the plight of the people. According to the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at least 50 percent business meetings -- which were scheduled to be held with overseas clients -- have been cancelled or postponed in the wake of the sitins. A survey conducted by the overseas chamber also claims that most of the opportunities of foreign direct investment have also been lost and it would take years to persuade the foreign companies to invest in Pakistan. Pakistan is losing its credibility as a reliable trader partner with
overseas businessmen. Unfortunately, the federal government has also played its part to make things worse by impounding thousands of containers carrying goods for exports. The federal government has already failed to attract enough foreign direct investment during one year in the ofQice. Despite all odds, Pakistan is still an emerging economy and little attention to utilise the available resources can jumpstart the process of industrialisation in the country. One fails to understand why the government always insists on exporting precious food items like mangoes, rice, pulses and meat which are much needed in Pakistan than abroad. The Pakistani missions abroad should be prodded to explore buyers and trade partners
in Africa, Europe and Americas to import and invest in Pakistani goods and factories such as utensils, cutleries, marble, and electronics spreading over various regions and cities in the country. The government should ban the export of raw material from Pakistan and motivate traders and industrialists through workshops and seminars to export only Qinished products abroad.The government should think over attracting foreign direct investment from neighbouring countries, especially India as Pakistan has vast human and technical resources to bring a boom in the local businesses with international outlook. Both Pakistan and India should invest in each other’s countries to improve bilateral relations.
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pRA seeks audited copy of accounts from taxpayers
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has asked the registered persons and businesses in corporate sector to submit a copy of annual audited accounts along with tax payments’ propriety certificate from auditors. The authority said that the main provisions relating to maintenance and production of records for the purpose of Punjab sales tax are available under sections 31 and 32 of the Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act, 2012 read with sections 56 and 57 thereof.
Customs under attack: 200 people try to snatch back 6 fabric trucks
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he Cloth Merchants Association has expressed deep concerns over the seizure of six trucks containing imported fabric during a raid conducted by FBR Directorate General of Customs Intelligence & Investigation Karachi and Pakistan Rangers near Allahwala Market, Lucknow Plaza. On contrary, FBR Customs Intelligence and Investigation Additional Director Nadeem Ahsan while talking to Customs Today said that if the fabric importers have any reservations over the seizure of consignments, they can just present the legal import documents of the fabric consignments conQiscated by the directorate and clear their seized items. Nadeem Ahsan further said that the fate of the case would be decided by the end of this current week, adding that the director has given clear directives to decide case on legal grounds. Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) In charge Haji Muhammad Aslam while denying the allegations leveled by the Cloth Merchants Association said that the ASO had search warrant when more than 200 people tried to attack ASO team during raid and injured two personnel of customs. He further informed this scribe
If fabric importers have any reservations, they can present legal import documents to clear their seized items, says Additional director Nadeem Ahsan
that the seized fabric was imported from India, Korea and China, adding that the import of fabric from India has already banned in Import Policy Order (IPO). It is pertinent to mention that Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I), Karachi in a joint raid with Pakistan Rangers at Lucknow Plaza located near Allahwala Market seized millions of worth smuggled imported fabric and arrested an accused on the spot. According to details, Additional Director, Customs I&I Nadeem Ehsan on a secret information constituted an ASO team comprising Haji Muhammad Aslam, Incharge ASO, Intelligence OfQicers Akmal Hashmi, Asfar Shah, Muhammad Jamil and others, who raided a godown situated in Lucknow Plaza and conQiscated 6 trucks laden with imported fabric. The sources informed this scribe that the seized imported fabric had estimated value around Rs 40 million. The intelligence agencies also arrested an accused on the spot. During the raid, the criminals resorted to firing on the security personnel while on retaliation by the officials of Pakistan Rangers, the accused fled from the scene leaving behind 6 trucks of smuggled fabric. Sources in Customs I&I informed Customs Today that the FIR would be launched against the accused while further investigation in the case was underway till Qiling of this report.
Reopening of Mai Kolachi Road To,
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our Model Customs Collectrorates of central region have collected Rs 18.74 billion customs duty during July-August 2014 which is 28 percent more than the Rs 14.61 billion of last year collection. As per details, Faisalabad Customs Collectorate collected Rs 1.02 billion attaining a growth of 31 percent than Rs 784 million of last year collection. MCC Multan on the other hand, collected Rs 4.86 billion customs duties in two months against Rs 4.03 billion during same period of last year. Similarly, MCC preventive Lahore collected Rs 5.44 billion customs duties during July-August 2014 against Rs 3.12 billion during the same period last year with a growth of 74 per cent in current collections. The MCC Appraisement Lahore collected Rs 7.41 billion in July-August 2014 with an 11 percent increase against the collection of Rs 6.67 billion during last year. Sources informed Customs Today that Customs Chief Collector Rozi Khan Burki held meeting with collectorates at the beginning of fiscal year in order to enhance customs duty collection. “Chief Collector also urged all collectorates to gear up their efforts to achieve targets of this fiscal year,”they added. —CT Report
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KARACHI
Dear Sir,
We have noted that one side of Mai Kolachi Road is closed since last several weeks for commercial and private vehicles purportedly in order to protect US Consulate. As you know Mai Kolachi Road is an important link for commuters and transporters and in particular the trade to and from Karachi Port cannot afford such closures. The land to the US Consulate at Mai Kolachi was allotted to avoid such closures on Abdullah Haroon Road and the lease agreement with Karachi Port Trust (KPT) probably speciQies no road closures will be enforced. Furthermore, huge Qinancial investment was made by KPT on the construction of Mai Kolachi
Road in order to facilitate cargo movement to and from the port. We hope the road will be re-opened immediately to facilitate the business community.
Yours’ faithfully, Mohammed A Rajpar, Chairman PSAA, Karachi
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Customs seizes shampoos, soaps at Sagian bridge
LAHORE: The customs anti-smuggling cell seized a bus loaded with non-customs paid goods worth Rs 0.8 million on Tuesday. Sources said that the anti-smuggling cell impounded imported shampoos, soaps and miscellaneous goods at the Sagian Bridge. They said that the cell sent a team under guidance of Anti-Smuggling Inspector Khalid Butt that confiscated the bus filled with illegal goods and articles.
Customsintelligencetoestablishcampoffice He assured that investigation and intelligence officers would establish their camp office in Multan for the disposal of cases pertaining to South Punjab, adding that no company of individual involved in fake or flag invoice would be black listed unheard and an opportunity of defence would be provided and his previous consignment would not be treated as fake. Bajwa declared that currently 2.5 million retailers were doing business across the country of which top 10,000 retailers would be brought into the tax net under the new scheme proposed through Finance Bill (2014-15) as just 8,000 were currently registered with the sales tax department. He disclosed that two tier regimes for sales tax had been proposed for retailers.“The first tier shall comprise retailers who were part of national or international chains, or are located in air-conditioned shopping malls, or have credit or debit card machines, or having electricity bill exceeding Rs50,000 per month for the past 12 months. They will be required to pay sales tax under the normal regime and to install Electronic Cash Registers,”he explained. Bajwa added that the remaining retailers would fall in the second tier, who would be charged sales tax through their electricity bills at the following rates - 5 percent of monthly electricity bill up to Rs 20,000 and 7.5 percent of monthly electricity bill above Rs 20,000. The FBR chief admitted that the FBR failed to achieve the target of Rs 2,381 billion revenue collection as a result of which the new government faced serious financial problems. He stressed the need for making concrete efforts to impose fiscal discipline, reduce inflation and induce economic growth. The FBR chairman said that around 1.5 million people held the
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National Tax Number (NTN), out of which only 0.85 million paid their taxes. Bajwa said that the FBR had paid income tax refund of Rs60 billion during the first eleven months of 2013-14 against Rs43.5 billion paid in the corresponding period of previous fiscal year, reflecting a handsome growth of 32 per cent. Earlier, speaking at a function after inaugurating model Customs Collectorate building in Multan, he said that the Customs Anti-Smuggling and Intelligence wings needed to be made more active for checking smuggling on Pak-Iran-Afghanistan borders as the country shared very long frontiers with these countries. He warned that the local industry would completely be ruined if smuggling was not controlled forthwith. He pointed out that Multan was located on an important smuggling route and the responsibility of Multan Customs increased manifolds in this situation.
TCS,SmartZonemulti-billionsmugglingcasehearingputoff A special court headed by CustomsTaxation and AntiSmuggling Customs Judge Muhammad Ahmad Farooqi has postponed the hearing of theTCS and Smart Zone Company smuggling case as lawyers of the accused did not appear in the court. As per details,TCS former CEO Saqib Hamdani, Manager Logistics Ghazanfar Gul and Smart Zone Company Owner Shakirullah asked the court for extension until next hearing to present their lawyers. It is important to mention here that all the accused were already enjoying provisional bail since the start of the case. Sources told Customs Today that Customs Intelligence and Investigation has found both the companies guilty of smuggling crimes, however, now they are allegedly wasting the court time by asking extra time on each hearings. Customs senior Investigation Officer Agha Sabir, Shahid Majeed and Gul Nawaz represented the customs in the court and requested to cancel the provisional bail provided to the culprits involved in billions of rupees smuggling, however, court summoned the accused with their lawyers on next hearing on September 22. —CT Report
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Customs agents seek transfer of NATo container cases to peshawar
PESHAWAR: The customs clearing and forwarding agents have requested the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman to transfer the NATO container disappearance cases from Karachi to Peshawar due to travelling issues. The agents also claimed that there is still no progress in the cases due to political involvement and NAB has so far been unsuccessful in proving the accusation of container theft against customs clearing and forwarding agents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh.
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he Federal government has started sending import/export containers back to ports as the owners have been demanding millions of rupee rent and compensations for their stolen and damaged containers. As per details, Islamabad administration has removed the containers used to block the roads in Red Zone Diplomatic Enclaves and deployed federal police force in place of containers. The owners of containers were demanding rent and compensation of their containers
and warned the government of court proceedings if it failed to
pay the money. Islamabad administration
has asked the Interior Ministry to compensate the owners of
containers, who further asked the Finance Ministry for funds to pay the losses and rent. A source from administration has confirmed with Customs Today that some containers loaded with export/import goods have been stolen and some got un-repairable damages. “The Federal government is in trouble regarding the containers which are stolen as the owner were demanding them back and also they are not ready to take damaged containers,” they added. They also said that government has spent billions of rupees to stop the Azadi march of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and Inqlab march of Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, but all these preparations could not stop things to happen.
ANf recovers narcotics Inter-collectorates reshuffling worth Rs 1.24 billion in 8 raids likely after Member Customs Nisar’s visit A KARACHI
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nter-collectorates re-shuffling of the Pakistan Customs Services officers from Grade 17-19 including additional collectors, deputy collectors and assistant collectors is on the cards. Well informed sources in FBR confirmed Customs Today that the
inter collectorates transfers & postings of additional collectors, deputy collectors and assistant collectors would likely to be started by mid of September, 2014. Sources further revealed that the FBR authorities concerned have decided to take the said step in order to achieve the revenue targets of FY 2014-15. They further disclosed that officers from Grade 17-19 including additional collectors, deputy col-
lectors and assistant collectors of MCC-Port Qasim, MCC-Appraisement (West), MCC-Appraisement (East) and MCC-Preventive would be reshuffled. The sources further informed this scribe that the Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Khan would visit Customs House, Karachi in next few days to review the performance of the officers from Grade 17-19 and then reshuffling would take place.
nti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered drugs worth Rs 1.24 billion during eight operations at Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Mianwali, Peshawar, Khyber Agency and Karachi and recovered 1.2 ton of charas, 3 kg of heroin and 700 grams of opium, arresting 12 drug peddlers. According to details, ANF Peshawar raided a house in Khyber Agency and recovered 1210 kg of charas from the house. ANF also arrested four accused Jan Khan s/o Ashiq Khan, Amin Asghar s/o Jan Khan, Anhar Khan s/o Ashiq Khan and Imran Khan s/o Anhar Khan, all residents of Khyber Agency. ANF Peshawar road checking team arrested Fazal Subhan s/o Sher Zaman r/o Peshawar near main Motorway Toll Plaza and recovered 3 Kg of heroin from his possession. Moreover, ANF Karachi in an operation conducted at a narcotics den situated at Ali Goth, Malir, Karachi apprehended an accused Kamran Ahmed s/o Abid Ahmed r/o Karachi and recovered 6.5 Kg of charas and 700 grams of opium from his possession. —CT Report
fbR sets Rs 252 billion revenue target for September F BR has set an ambitious target of Rs 252 bfor September, sources said. According to official sources, the tax collection target for the first quarter (July and September) of the ongoing fiscal year is Rs 569 billion. Sources said that the FBR has achieved the tax collection targets of the first two months, as it collected Rs 138 billion in July 2014 against the target of Rs 137 billion and accumulated Rs 185 billion in August as compared to the target of Rs 180 billion. Moreover, the FBR has achieved the revenue collection target for August despite slowdown in economic activities. However, it is predicted that the FBR could achieve the annual target of FY 2014-15. Official data obtained by CustomsToday showed that the FBR has provisionally collected over Rs 183 billion during last month against assigned monthly revenue collection target of Rs 180 billion with an increase of over Rs 3b. —CT Report
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Misusing dTRe: fbR crackdown on importers, exporters
KARACHI: The Directorate of Internal Audit of Pakistan Customs on the directives of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started the audit of Duty Taxes Remission on Export (DTRE) and examination sector for the year 2013-14. According to details, the FBR authorities have asked the directorate of internal audit to finalize its audit report this week and submit it to the FBR Headquarters. Sources confirmed Customs Today that the audit of DTRE was started in the beginning of this month.
Lahore Customs Preventive reshuffles 689 officials The collectorate transfers staff at headquarters, Afu and land freight unit LAHORE
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www.customstoday.com he Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Preventive Lahore led by Collector Mukarram Jah has transferred 34 superintendents, 25 deputy superintendents, 310 inspectors and 220 sepoys. As per details, the collectorate reshufQled the staff at headquarters, air freight unit, airport trafQic, land freight unit Wagha and T-10.The collectorate transferred and posted the staff at administration branch, anti-smuggling organisation, Investigation and prosecution, law and audit branches, warehouse, Gerry Shed recovery branch, refund and rebate branch, Shaheen shed, Wagha, PFC Wagha, and Railways Station Wagha. The collectorate has appointed new superintendents including Mumtaz Ajmal Mian, Malik Muhammad te a Yasin and Shahzad r o t c Akhtar Mehmood at the Colle erred 34 Anti-Smuggling Organtransfntendents, isation (ASO) headi quarters replacing super5 deputy s, 2 endent Naeemullah and int ctors Waqar Cheema. r e p u s Similarly 13 superspe 310 in20 sepoys intendents including Syed Almadar Hussain and 2 Tirmizi, Muhammad Naeemullah, Fayyaz Ahmad
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Chaudhry, Mian Faheem Masood, Muhammad Aslam Bahati, Rana Ali Nasir Ahmad, Shafqat Mehmood, Muhammad Ejaz Shaheen, Saadat Buland Khan, Zia Ashfq, Nasir Mehmood Tarar, Bushra Naeem and RaQique Ahmad Bhatti have been posted at the air fright unit. MCC Preventive has posted Ahmad Iqbal Bhatti, Amjad Ali Chaudhry, Imtiaz Hussain Khan, Muhammad Idress Sheikh, Shahid Mehmood, Waqar Ahmad Cheema, Waqar Yousaf, Zahid Tauqeer Azhar and ZulQiqar Ahmad at the Airport TrafQic. Superintendents including Atta-ur-Rehman, Nasir Minhas, Tanveerul Hassan, Manzoor Ahmad Bhatti, Zahid Arshad Bhatti, Arshad Iqbal Cheema, Shahid Hameed Butt, Mirza Waqar Ahamad Baig and Tariq Amin have been posted at the land fright unit Wagha at LFU, PFC Wagha, Railways Station and T-10. The collectorate also transferred deputy superintendents including Aslam, Mazhar Abass Bhutter, M Saleem Akhtar, Safdar Ali, Ijaz Bajwa, Zaheer Hussain Shah, Abdul Hamid Faridi and Maqsood Ahmad from headquarters to other sections. The collectorate of appraisement also posted deputy superintendents including Javid Mehmood, Khawaja Bilal, Khawaja Sabahat Saeed, Mazhar Abass Shah, Muhammad Afzal, Aslam Khan, M Zaheer Chaudhry, Musheer Ahmad Khan, Naseer Khan, Hassan Abas Bukhari, Hussain Ahmad, Khalid Zedi, M Saleem Chaudhry, Habib Hussain Bhatti, Yousaf Khan, Farhat Bukhari and Abdul Shakoor Khan at AFU and airport trafQic. The collectorate also transferred at least 220 inspectors and 310 sepoys.
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