KARACHI: A Sindh High Court bench has rejected an application filed by Zeal Pak Cement Factory Ltd for release of consignment.
During the hearing, the Appellate Bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Arshad Hussain Khan, heard Advocate Khawaja Shams-ul-Islam, counsel for petitioner/applicant in petition 2/2017. The counsel referred to an order dated January 31, 2017 allowing provisional release of the consignment imported for a project. He told the bench that a part of the consignment was detained by the DIT officials.
Replying another query that how the application being heard is connected to the petition above, the counsel for petitioner submitted that under the garb of previous order, respondent Custom officials are assessing the new imports at a rate of $34 as against $20 (claimed by the petitioner side).
The bench observed that petition 2/2017 was very specific in nature and subsequent imports do not relate to it. The bench with the above observation dismissed the application and said petitioner is free to take appropriate proceedings for new, subsequent imports.
