PESHAWAR: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) agreed with the officials of Customs House Peshawar to divide customs collectorate into two separate wings comprising preventive and revenue section which aimed to improve the revenue generation and keep check on smuggling activities from Afghanistan.
According to the details, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has approved the division and soon a notification would issued by MCC Peshawar in this regard. Each wing will have separate collectors along with two additional collectors and three deputy collectors.
The new wings would be taken further steps to improve its revenue collection. This step will also control the smuggling activities as the preventive wing would focus their attention on specific subject of smuggling.
The suggestion was put forwarded by the administration of Peshawar Customs House along with recommendations, which approved by the Federal Bureau of Revenue in conference of collectors.
The Customs House Peshawar was established in 1974 which was aimed to discourage smuggling activities through Pak-Afghan border however later after collection at dry ports and Peshawar airport additional responsibility was handed over to the custom house Peshawar.
It is pertinent to mentioned here that after division of the house in two separate units will improve the revenue collection as both the units will develop competition to overpass their revenue targets.
