ISLAMABAD: On the directives of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a secret agency has completed its investigation into the smuggling case of TCS and Smart Zone, the only marketing company of Samsung in Pakistan, and has sent its report to the prime minister.
As per details, the PM had ordered for the investigation into this matter on the letter written by Korean envoy. After the investigation agency has declared it a conspiracy against Smart Zone and said that the basic aim of this conspiracy was to destroy the goodwill of the company instead of collecting taxes and duties.
Investigation report revealed that the conspiracy can directly or indirectly be related with the officials of Customs and to those companies which are doing the same business as Smart Zone is doing or it can be the company to whom Smart Zone has replaced as marketing agent for Samsung in Pakistan.
It was also mentioned in the report that whenever a company imports a consignment, Customs authorities issued a bond for it which gives the guarantee that if there comes any up and down in the duty and tax than the company is liable to pay the difference as per the law. However, this report shown that Customs authorities are working against the Smart Zone company.
Agency has prepared this report after investigation from secret sources and in the light of interviews of Customs authorities. Report further stated that the smuggling case of Smart Zone is a technical matter which is tried to be solved in such a way which destroys the image of Smart Zone completely.
