KARACHI: The Model Customs of Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement-West Muhammad Saleem has confirmed that the Pakistan Customs is going to file a Constitutional Miscellaneous Application (CMA) in Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) for early hearing of cases relating to valuation guideline issue.
He said that customs has already submitted written reply in Islamabad High Court (IHC) in connection with valuation guideline issues within 15 days of deadline given by the court.
He further informed this scribe that the Pakistan Customs wants early hearing of the case and also briefed customs lawyer in this regard.
The Collector was of the view that the Pakistan Customs always issued proper valuation rulings of the items included in the valuation guideline, adding that the issue of valuation guideline has already been resolved by the Pakistan Customs Act.
It is pertinent to mention here that the importers had submitted a Constitutional Petition (CP) in the month of June, 2013 in Islamabad High Court (IHC) for reviewing the unrealistic valuation guideline.
Moreover, FBR had issued valuation guideline of 96 items in first phase and 133 items in the second phase which were criticized by importers, business community and clearing agents.
