ISLAMABAD: Customs Appellate Tribunal Chairman Justice (r) Malik Manzoor Hussain completed his three day visit to tribunal’s headquarters on Thursday.
Chairman left the capital city and rushed to other stations for resuming hearings of cases pending there. He headed the tribunal’s proceedings for three days in Islamabad. He will hear cases besides performing some of important administrative tasks.
He would return to the capital during fourth week of February to assume hearing and other tasks at the tribunal’s headquarters in Islamabad.
During his last visit to capital city, he had to cut-short his stay at tribunal’s headquarters owing to health issues during on-going week, said tribunal officials.
Tribunal staffers stated that the chairman had cut short his visit and duties in Islamabad. Therefore, he had not heard cases at length, they said. He was supposed to stay in chair hearings for three days but he could hold for only two days.
However, mandatory proceedings were held and important administrative measures were made, they said.
On the first day of stay, the chairman had adjourned hearing on cases involving Model Collectorate of Customs and Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad.
These cases were filed by M/s Waseem Autos, M/s Nisar Traders, M/s Parts & Parts, M/s Chief Autos, M/s Aman Elahi, M/s Kohinoor Traders, M/s Saleem Silk Centre, M/s Five Star Trading, M/s Pakistan Royal Group and M/s Nayatel Private Limited, M/s Degicell & others, M/s Kohinoor Chemical, Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/s Fazal Razaq, M/s Fazal Ur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others.
The appellants had filed cases against Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad and Model Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
