LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs, Taxation and Anti-Smuggling on Monday issued arrest warrants for Mian Haseeb Waqas, a director of the Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills.
Sources told Customs Today that Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills is allegedly involved in evasion of excise duty, and the Federal Board of Revenue had registered a case against the directors of the firms in this regard.
According to the FBR lawyer, the directors of the sugar mill were not cooperating with the authorities in the investigation process, due to which the proceedings of the case were getting late.
The FBR lawyer pleaded before the special judge that the physical appearance of the accused was required in this case. Due to continuous absence from the proceedings, he asked the court to issue their arrest warrants.
After hearing the case, the special judge issued arrest warrants for one of the directors, Mian Haseeb Waqas.