Chief collector pays maiden visit to Hyderabad Customs
HYDERABAD: Chief Collector Enforcement-South Zahid Khokar has visited Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad for first time after assuming charge and held meetings with officials to review the performance.
During the meeting with Collector Dr Ahmed Mujtaba Memon, Additional Collector Engineer Riaz Ahmed Memon, Additional Collector Omar Shafique, Assistant Collector Samiullah, Assistant Collector Imran Afzal and other officers, the chief collector was briefed about the revenue recovery and anti smuggling activities of the collectorate.
On the other, the chief directed the officials to improve the surveillance system in order to curb the smuggling in the region especially the smuggling of Iranian diesel which causing loss to national exchequer. He added that effective strategies to be adopted overtime to meet the revenue collection target assigned by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Chief Collector Zahid also unveiled commemorative plaque following the memories of martyred Zia Hussain who was killed in an anti-smuggling activity by smugglers.
He also assured the officials of the Hyderabad Customs that their problems were addressed on priority basis as they are playing an important role in generating and saving revenue.
