ISLAMABAD: The Additional Collector Air Freight Unit Nisar Phularwan has said that AFU is facing shortfall during current month of May due to shifting of IT import business from AFU Islamabad to Lahore.
Additional Collector Nisar Ahmad Phularwan that he had conducted many meeting with IT companies representatives like Mobilink, Zong and China Mobiles to come back to AFU Islamabad so the shortfall of revenue under head of customs duty could be controlled.
Nisar told that he gave them assurance that Customs staff of AFU Islamabad will provide them full cooperation so they can run their businesses through AFU Islamabad smoothly and timely. He told that due to shifting of Information Technology (IT) imports business from Islamabad to Lahore the AFU faced Rs.58 million shortfall under head of customs duty during first 10 days of May.
It is necessary to mention here that the AFU was assigned Rs.99 million proportional revenue target for first10 days of May FY17-18 whereas the AFU fetched Rs.41 million under same head.
Additional Collector Nisar was optimistic that the importers who were shifted their IT business from Islamabad will rejoin the AFU Islamabad sooner.
