PESHAWAR: The Collector Customs Collectorate Peshawar has said that Chairman Federal Board of Revenue has shown commitment to solve the issues faced by importers at Torkham Boarder.
The Collector Customs said this while talking with Customs Today on Customs House Peshawar. The Collector Customs Mohammad Saeed Jadoon said that Chairman FBR Tariq Mahmood Pasha have promised to main stream the trade and transit situation at Torkham Boarder and soon and new frame work will be framed to enhance the trade with Afghanistan.
The collector customs added that Customs House has been one of high profile customs station which not only collect handsome part of revenue but also help to curb smuggling and facilitate genuine trade activities via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The Collector Customs informed that Anti –Smuggling Units have seized containers of dry fruits in last week and have issued show case notice to the importers in order to provide details of the consignments.
The collector customs further expressed that he has been meeting on regular basis with the importers and exporters of Peshawar and Torkham in order to provide first hand importance to the issues which frustrate the importers at Customs Stations.
The Collector Customs while meeting Additional Collector Trade and Transit route inquired about the situation of bounded train carriages systems which was initiated nine months ago when first batch was received at Dry Port Peshawar while departed from Karachi.
The cargo after reaching Dry Port Peshawar have been dispatched to Afghanistan but still the containers remain stranded at Torkham Border for receiving further customs clearance documents.
The Collector Customs Mohammad Saeed Khan Jadoon after taking charge at Customs House Peshawar has taken strict action against irregularities and have framed new policy to run the affairs of Customs Collectorate Peshawar.
The Collector Customs have earlier directed the Assistant Collector Zia Ullah Shams to completely operate WebOC roll out service at Customs Station Torkham and Khyber Border Terminal under headed by ICCP in order to provide technical facilitation to importers and the Customs Station to earn more revenue for the customs exchequer.
The collector customs expressed full confidence in the Customs force of Peshawar and said that they are trained enough to bare burden of extra work.
The collector customs further said that soon after anti-smuggling squad seize any consignment of smuggling the importers make approaches to clear their consignment which has become a curse for progression of genuine trade activities.
