ISLAMABAD: Collector Customs Adjudication Dr. Naeem Ijaz Querashi has assured Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Shaukat Ali that all cases related to the seized foreign origin non-duty paid smuggled vehicles will be decided within three months.
Sources told Customs Today that Director General Customs I&I Shuakat Ali requested Collector Customs Adjudication Islamabad that the cases of seized non-duty paid vehicles be decided on priority bases.
his request was the part of new strategy of Director General Customs I&I regarding the auctions of seized NDP vehicles. On the request of DG I&I a special meeting was held in the Collectorate of Customs Adjudication Islamabad which was presided over by Collector Adjudication.
Director Directorate General Customs Intelligence Abdul Waheed Marwat, Deputy Directors Afzal Watto, Khaldun ul Haq and Zaheer Abbas attended the meeting while Additional Collector Adjudication Imran Chaudhary and Deputy Collector Adjudication Khansa Raza also participated.
Director Customs I&I Abdul Waheed Marwat briefed the Collector Adjudication about the reasons behind this request and told them that due to late decisions in the cases of seized non duty paid smuggled vehicles are caused delay in auction and during this periods the seized vehicles bodies and their parts effected very badly due park in open parking area at state warehouse. He also mentioned that bad conditions of seized vehicles are caused huge revenue losses to the national exchequer in the head of auction price.
He requested to Collector Adjudication that if Collectorate decided the cases of seized vehicles in less period of time it will help to generate the revenue for national exchequer.
Collector Adjudication has assured that he is completely agreed with suggestions of DG I&I and the cases of seized vehicle in future will be decided with in the period of three months.
