LAHORE: Transfers and posting of Post Clearance Audit (PAC) officials held in abeyance depriving the officials of their right to learn about works in other sections of their department.
As many as 30 officials of all cadres including deputy directors, assistant directors, superintendents, deputy superintendents and inspectors are working in the same department for last many years.
Deputy Superintendents Abdul Qadir, Hassan Muhammad, Babar Rasheed and Amir Saeed Jafri are working in PCA for the more than six years while others including deputy director Sumaira Omar, IRAOs Babar, Agha Ahsan Mehmood, Arshad Malik and Waqas Jalani are serving the PCA for more than 3 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 has taken back the powers from the chief commissioners and chief collectors, the PCA like sections of the customs have lost attention of the authorities .
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 and Munib Sarwer has created a ray of hope for the PCA officials, the sources said.
