KARACHI: The Customs Adjudication has issued a show cause notice to the focal person of US Consulate and their authorized agents, bonded carriers and others as to why evaded duty/taxes amounting Rs 97.188 million may not be recovered and why penal action may not be taken against them.
The accused include absconding directors of M/s Port Connection namely Raza-ur-Rehman, Malik Ali Asghar and Romail Ahmed Dar; Shahzad Rasool of M/s Multitrans Logistics; Peerzada Abdul Aleem of M/s Peerzada Services International; Adil Ghani of M/s Ghani’s International; Shahid Ansari of M/s Bilal Associates, Tikka Khan of M/s Adil Goods Transport Co., Irfan Afridi and others.
It may be mentioned here that these accused persons in connivance with each other illegally removed generators with accessories and power boxes worth Rs 131.413 million and causing a revenue loss of Rs 60.817 million to the national exchequer.