ISLAMABAD: The Recovery Branch of the Customs Air Freight Unit Islamabad has received over Rs600million as deferred payment from M/s Pakistan International Airlines Corporations (PIAC), official sources told Customs Today.
The Air Freight Unit (AFU) told CT that it has recovered above said dues out of the total deferred payment of Rs1173.582million of all duties and taxes during the month of November Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18.
The sources said that M/s PIAC is to pay dues because of import of three aircraft on dry lease on quarterly installment payment bases. Sources notified CT that recently an installment of Rs15.36million dated 13th of November has been received.
The sources informed the correspondent that there were six other departments and companies whose duties and taxes are pending and cases were forwarded to the Recovery Department. During the month of November FY17-18, the AFU only recovered deferred amount from the PIA and the rest of departments who did not pay their pending dues comprise Immigration and Passport Office whose recoverable dues are Rs14.91million.
M/s WASA Faizabad had to deposit Rs4.93million as a balance payment into the account of AFU Islamabad whereas M/s Safe City Project had to pay Rs51.36million which was not transferred into the relevant head of the account.
It may be remembered that the Cabinet Division had to pay the deferred amount of Rs3.95million whereas M/s Teknoaid had to pay Rs0.605million and M/s BGP International Islamabad had to disburse Rs67.97million. The sources added that all the abovementions cases have been forwarded to the Recovery Department for further action.
