KARACHI: The Collectorate of Enforcement (South) will monitor the by-annual performance of all the concerned Collectorates including MCC-Preventive- Karachi, MCC-Gwadar, MCC-Hyderabad and MCC-Quetta in order to evaluate the performance of respective Collectorates as compared to the last year i.e. 20113-14 in connection with anti-smuggling activities.
This was stated by Chief Collector-Enforcement (South) Muhammad Nazim Saleem while talking to Customs Today at his office here on Monday. Nazim Saleem informed this scribe that the FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa and Member (Customs) Nisar Muhammad Ali Khan have clear directives to all concerned Collectorate regarding uprooting the smuggling activities from the country.
“FBR Chief Tariq Bajwa has special emphasis on gearing up the anti-smuggling activities and asked the officers/officials of the relevant Collectorates to evolve an effective strategy in connection with eliminating smuggling activities,” the Chief Collector added.
To a query, Nazim Saleem said that all relevant Collectorate in South Region are determined to follow the directives of FBR chief in order to eliminating the smuggling activities. The Chief Collector (South) Enforcement made it clear that the Pakistan Customs has determined to put extra efforts in order to uproot smuggling activities in the country, particularly in the South Region.
It may be mentioned here that the Chief Collector-Enforcement (South) has already directed the authorities concerned of all the respective Collectorates to submit performance report regarding anti-smuggling activities by 20 Jan-2015 in reaction of Chairman FBR meetings on 21-October-2014 and 26 November-2014 respectively .
It may be worth mentioning that the Collectorate of Enforcement (South) Region, particularly the MCC-Preventive has a challenge in its forefront in connection with the “artificial shortage” of petrol, as the sale of Irani petrol and diesel may be increased with the shortage of petrol.
