LAHORE: Transfers and posting at the Post Clearance Audit (PCA) have been held in abeyance for the last six years, depriving the officials of their right to learn about works in other sections of their department.
As many as 32 officials of all cadres, including additional director, deputy directors, assistant directors, superintendents, deputy superintendents and inspectors have been working in the same department for the last many years.
Deputy Superintendents Abdul Qadir, Hassan Muhammad, Babar Rasheed and Amir Saeed Jafri have been working in PCA for the more than six years, while others including Deputy Director Sumaira Omar, Agha Ahsan Mehmood, Arshad Malik, Waqas Jalani and Babar have been serving the PAC for more than three years.
Sources on the condition of anonymity told Customs Today that earlier, transfers and posting under BPS 16 were undertaken at the local level but since the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken back the powers from the chief commissioners and chief collectors, the PCA like other sections of the customs have lost attention.
They added that normally transfers and postings get matured after a period of three years in any government department.
Recently, the transfer of Director Saud Imran from the department has created a ray of hope for the PCA officials, they added.
