Trained individuals are playing vital role in handling WeBOC, other customs related matters effectively: Kanwal Ali
LAHORE: As many as 500 participants from various associations and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry have been trained and the same are playing vital role in handling WeBOC system efficiently in real time besides dealing with various other customs related matters effectively
These views were expressed by Deputy Director DGTR (Customs) Kanwal Ali, while talking to Customs Today here the other day.
Kanwal Ali is known as an honest, dependable, and incredibly hard-working officer besides she has showed excellent performance to improve the training programs in DGTR (Customs) Lahore.
“After returning back from the USA and availing the Fulbright scholarship as a Hubert H. Humphrey fellow in Public Policy in 2015, I was posted at DGTR (Customs) Lahore,” she told this scribe.
Kanwal Ali stated that she has contributed in developing and upgrading the training modules and strategy at this regional office and has successfully organized and conducted all prescribed trainings and seminars including multiple Mandatory Capacity Building Training Programs for the officers of Pakistan Customs Service (BS-17-20).
“I was given a golden opportunity and I played the leading role in expanding the external out-reach program for members of the business community and has arranged trainings on WeBOC and various other significant topics,” she expressed.
She said that more than 500 participants from Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Association of Customs Clearing Agents, American Business Forum, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, Pakistan Tanners Association, Pakistan Furniture Council, Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers and All Pakistan Air Cargo Clearing Agents Association have benefited from the trainings arranged and supervised by her.
In addition to that, she stated that she conducted regular training courses for officers/officials of Pakistan Customs Service, which were attended by hundreds of participants from the central region. She added that she also supervised the two months academic training of 112 newly recruited Customs sepoys at the Civil Defense Training School most effectively.
In answer to a question she replied that she managed to foster positive discussions and brings the best out of the limited human resource at her disposal besides she also displayed outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills due to which she is greatly appreciated by all her colleagues, trainees and other team members.
“It is due to the valuable contribution in the academic field of customs that I was awarded a Certificate of Merit by World Customs Organization on the International Customs Day celebrated on 26th January 2017,” she concluded.
