LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has sealed 500 properties in different areas of Lahore and Kasur.
The department has also issued notices to thousands of defaulters to pay their outstanding property tax with fine.
The sealed property owners failed to submit property tax even after many notices. Now the Excise Department has decided to take strict action against these property tax defaulters besides imposing fine on them.
According to District Excise Officer Malik Muhammad Aslam, the owners of the sealed properties were defaulters of millions of rupees but even after sending many notices they failed to pay their dues.
Excise Kasur has seized properties in Kasur city, Kundian, Chunian and Lahore road including many warehouses, workshops and factories as well.
Director General Akram Ashraf Gondal directed all the excise directors of the regions to constitute special teams to check the property tax defaulters.
The teams sealed the properties in different areas of the region “A” “B” and “C” in Lahore. These teams seized buildings in including Faisal Town, Ferozepur Road and Raiwind Road.
