ISLAMABAD: Customs Appellate Tribunal on Monday postponed hearing of several customs cases as the Chairman Justice (r) Malik Manzoor Hussain could not reach the headquarters due to road blockades.
Chairman Hussain, who was supposed to reach the office on Monday morning, could not reach following blockades of all roads between Peshawar and Islamabad.
Customs Appellate Tribunal’s division bench, comprising of Chairman Hussain and Member Technical, Ziauddin Wazir was scheduled to hear 12 cases on the day.
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. The appellants had filed cases against Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad.
Hearing of six cases by a single bench, comprising of chairman, was also postponed. This bench had to hear cases filed by M/S Degicell & others, M/S Kohinoor Chemical, Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/S Fazal Razaq, M/S Fazal Ur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others.
M/s Degicell & others had M/S Kohinoor Chemical filed cases against Model Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
Mirza Muhammad Majid, M/S Fazal Razaq, M/S Fazal Ur Rehman and Gul Rehman & others had made Directorate General of Investigation and Intelligence, Islamabad respondent in the cases. Tribunal’s administration would now schedule new date of hearing of the said cases.
