ISLAMABAD: All the customs stations working under the jurisdiction of the MCC Islamabad collected Rs40million additional Customs Duty (CD) during the first three weeks of February FY17-18 against a revenue collection during the same period of corresponding FY16-17.
This was stated by Dr. Zulfikar Ali Chaudhry, Collector MCC Islamabad, while talking to Customs Today in an exclusive interview on Saturday.
He said he has instructed all the stations and sections to make all possible efforts to meet the assigned revenue targets for the month of February FY17-18. He further said that, during first three weeks of February FY17-18, all the stations, comprising Islamabad Dry port (IDP), Air Freight Unit (AFU), Unaccompanied Baggage (UAB), Accompanied Baggage (AB), International Mail Office (IMO), Rebate Refund Section working under the umbrella of MCC Islamabad, showed satisfactory performance under the head of CD against the revenue collection during the same previous FY16-17.
Dr. Zulfikar told CT that, during first three weeks of February FY17-18, all the customs stations earned Rs356million against a revenue collection of Rs316million under the same head during corresponding period of FY16-17.
The Customs Air Freight Unit generated Rs183.35million as CD against the collection of Rs109million during the same previous period of FY16-17 whereas IDP did Rs180 million against the revenue collection of Rs209million of CD for the same above said corresponding period of FY16-17.
During above said period, the Car Section of the MCC Islamabad got nil revenue during three weeks of February Fy17-18 while it collected the same during previous period. He added that the UAB received Rs0.40million revenue during three weeks of February FY17-18 against the revenue collection of Rs0.37million under the head of CD during the same corresponding period of FY16-17.
He said Rs1.74million was generated during above period of FY17-18 whereas it did Rs2.07million of revenue of CD against the revenue collection during the same previous period. The IMO collected Rs0.60million under the head of CD against the revenue collection of the same period of corresponding FY16-17.
The Collector MCC Islamabad informed CT that, during the three weeks of FebruaryFY17-18, the Rebate Refund Section paid Rs15.99million of refunds of CD to the exporters while it paid off Rs05.00million of revenue during the same period of FY16-17 as CD.
The Collector MCC Islamabad informed Customs Today about his civil service details. He notified the correspondent that he joined MCC Islamabad during January FY17-18 while, before joining MCCI, he was on training at the National Defense University (NDU) Islamabad. He added that, before that, he served as Collector Faisalabad.
Telling more about him, he said he also served as Collector Lahore and Collector Sialkot. He further said he worked as Director Intelligence and Interrogation (I&I) Rawalpindi too. Regarding his educational details, he explained that he did his MBBS and also got a masters degree in Public Policy from Australia as well as was awarded a masters degree in Political Science.
