LAHORE: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) and Excise and Taxation department of Punjab and Lahore police decided to launch joint crackdown on all kinds of defaulter vehicles specially in Lahore and nearby areas. For this purpose nine teams have been formed to start operation with full force.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs Intelligence and Investigations has decided to start strict crackdown against defaulter and non-customs paid vehicles. Punjab police and excise department will also join the operation to get all defaulters to the law.
On other hand Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said on Friday while talking to excise officers that the provincial government is going to start a massive crackdown against the non-customs paid cars. He said the excise department will launch crackdown with the help of customs department to ensure the transparency and boosting the revenue figures of both the departments.
“There is a dire need to pay attention on to the provincial taxes but unfortunately this subject has not received any attention,” he said. Mujtaba claimed that the campaign of delivering number plates to the people at their homes has achieved its 70 percent target. “The provincial government has taken an initiative to provide number plates to owners on the spot,” he added.
