ISLAMABAD: Owing to the official engagements, the Chairman of Customs Appellate Tribunal Bench-I, Ghulam Murtaza Bhatti, could not reach Islamabad headquarters and consequently the hearing of cases was relisted for March 14.
“The chairman was scheduled to reach Islamabad on March 3 in order to hear the cases as head of the two division benches and as a single bench. However, he could not make due to his intense official business in Lahore and Karachi stations,” said tribunal’s officials who had finalized preparation keeping in view the arrival of the chairman on Thursday.
“The chairman directed us to relist the hearing in both division and single benches on March 14,” they underscored.
According to tribunal’s listings, the benches on March 14 would resume hearing of similar cases with exact statues. The chairman will hear 12 cases in single bench. Out of 12, nine were filed against Customs, Islamabad and only 2 were filed against Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation, Islamabad.
These cases were filed by Fazal Razaq, Fazlur Rehman, M/s Janjua Life Trust, M/s Venus Pakistan Private Limited, United Wings Trading, Saeed Ullah, Zubair Ahmed, Degi Cell and others, and M/s Mobo International. Only one case was filed by customs department’s officer, assistant collector customs, Islamabad.
A division bench, comprising of chairman and Member Technical, Muhammad Nasir Khan would hear seven cases on Thursday. All of the seven cases were filed against Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation, Islamabad by M/s Waseem Autos, M/s Nasir Traders, M/s Parts and Parts, M/s Chief Autos, M/s Aman Elahi and Co, and M/s Kohinoor Traders.
Another division bench of Chairman and Member Technical, Muhammad Nazim Saleem would hear 9 cases separately. These cases were filed by Pakitan Royal Group, M/s Al-Sheikh Enterprises, Muhammad Akbar, Sirajul Mulk,, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Expanded Program on Immunization, Fahad Industries, and Muhammad Mansoor. Only case of nine was filed by deputy collector customs, Islamabad. It was field against M/s Frontier Cable.
