ISLAMABAD: Customs Appellate Tribunal could not hold its routine operations during the first week of November wherein it had to postpone hearing of 12 cases as the chairman had not reached the headquarters.
Chairman Justice (r) Malik Manzoor Hussain had not reached the tribunal due to road blockades at early days of the week. Owing to which, the Customs Appellate Tribunal’s division bench, comprising Chairman Hussain and Member Technical, Ziauddin Wazir could not hold hearing of cases on Monday and Tuesday.
These cases were filed by M/s Waseem Autos, M/s Nisar Traders, M/s Parts & Parts, M/s Chief Autos, M/s Aman Elahi, M/s Kohinoor Traders, M/s Saleem Silk Centre, M/s Five Star Trading, M/s Pakistan Royal Group and M/s Nayatel Private Limited. The appellants had filed cases against Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad.
Hearing of six cases by a single bench, comprising chairman, was also postponed. This bench had to hear cases filed by M/s Degicell & others, M/S Kohinoor Chemical, Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/s Fazal Razaq, M/s Fazal Ur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others.
M/s Degicell & others had M/s Kohinoor Chemical filed cases against Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/s Fazal Razaq, M/s Fazal Ur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others had made Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad respondent in the cases.
Meanwhile, another division bench of Customs Appellate Tribunal adjourned hearing of a complaint seeking release of seized 150 mobile phones with directives to parties to provided details of relating to the case on next date of hearing on Friday. Tribunal’s member, including Nair Khan and Ziauddin Wazir heard the reference and adjourned.
The appellant, through the case had challenged the decision in which tribunal had ordered to maintain seizure of mobile phones first confiscated by the customs authorities at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad.
