KARACHI: Pakistan Customs’ Licensing Committee has refused to renew the license of M/s TPL Trakker Limited and directed the company to give a detailed report/ presentation on the performance since it was given licence in 2012, Customs Today learnt.
In this regard, a meeting of the Licensing Committee was recently held at the Custom House with Chairman, Directorate General Transit Trade Muhammad Javed Ghani in the chair.
While, the members of the Licensing Committee, Collector Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement West Jawwad Uwais Agha, Collector MCC Preventive Syed Muhammad Tariq Huda, Collector Port Muhammad Bin Qasim Ms Surraya Butt, Director Intelligence and Investigation-FBR Karachi Muhammad Yaqoob Mako, Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade-Peshawar Dr Mateen Khan, Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade-Quetta Pervez Isphani, Additional Collector MCC Appraisement East Khaleel Ibrahim Yousfani attended the meeting.
The sources confided to Customs Today that the meeting of the Licensing Committee started with in-house discussion on the renewal of License of M/s TPL Trakker Limited Karachi. And, it was decided that the Chairman Licensing Committee will ask for clarification from the board regarding the renewal of licence of the TPL Trakker as the company did not participate in the EOI published by the FBR in April 2015 and they also not have gone through the PPRA Rules when they were given the license in 2012, sources added.
“The Project Director, M/s TPL Trakker will give a presentation in two weeks and based on report/presentation, the Licensing Committee will evaluate the performance of the TPL”, the sources disclosed.
In the light of FBR clarification dated July 28, 2015 and as advised by procurement consultant Muhammad Ali Raza, it was decided to undertake the process of re-qualification of applicant in terms of Rule 15 & 16 of PPRA Rules, 2001, according to sources.
Sources informed that Chairman Licensing Committee desired Muhammad Ali Raza and Wajid Ali to submit the RFP in due course of time.
