SIALKOT: About 100 special recovery teams of the Excise and Taxation Department have recovered Rs2billion from the habitual defaulters in the forms of property, entertainment, motor registration , professional , luxury taxes and excise duties, during an ongoing vigorous recovery campaign in Gujranwala Division’s all six districts of Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahaud Din, Hafizabad and Gujranwala.
According to the senior officials, the E&T Department has also issued the arrest warrants for about 3,000 habitual defaulters for the prolonged non-payment of their outstanding arrears.
The officials added that they are the defaulters of Rs100million and are reluctant to pay their dues by using their political influence besides ignoring the repeated issuance of recovery notices by the E& T Department in this regard.
The officials revealed that now these defaulters would be arrested soon after the issuance of their arrest warrants as well.
