PESHAWAR: Collector Modal Customs Collectorate Qurban Ali Khan said the Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Peshawar, has generated a revenue of Rs 650 million during six months through recovery of smuggled items, currency and gold whereas Rs 1.33 billion was collected by seizing different goods in the whole previous year.
Qurban informed Customs Today that due to border management, the smuggled activities also have been controlled. He said that due to repeated protests of transporters on the transit route, sometime the revenue generation process becomes badly affected.
He said that this year the Customs House seized 87 non-custom paid vehicles, 118 smuggled cars, 3420,000 yard cloth, 23 kilogram of tea, 6,530 cigarette cartons , currency amount of Rs47million and 45,000 mobile phones.
He added that Afghanistan is one of major export partners of Pakistan wherefrom most of the items are exported. He said whenever relations get bitter between the two countries, it baldy affects the revenue generation and collection.
It is pertinent to mention here that after assuming the charge, Collector Qurban Ali has took a number of steps to improve the revenue generation and check smuggling by installing a scanner and other gadgets at Torkham border.
