KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue FBR has transferred the adjudication proceedings of the US army reverse commercial cargo case from Collector Adjudication-II to Collector Adjudication-I for early disposal and logical end to the ongoing case, it is learnt.
The United States, Consulate General Karachi, and other nominated accused of the US Army reverse cargo case had raised objection and refused to appear before Collector Adjudication-II Chaudhary Muhammad Javed.
The accused were continuously served upon notices. However, they did not bother to appear before the adjudicating authorities to justify their role in the case.
However, now after the FBR made several transfer and postings in the recent past. Sources claimed that the US Consulate and other accused in the case objected to the posting of Collector Adjudication-II Chaudhary Muhammad Javed.
It may be mentioned here that Collector Adjudication-II Chaudhary Muhammad Javed was the person who detected the US Army reverse cargo case at the time when he was holding the post of Additional Director Transit Trade-Karachi, sources added.
According to sources, Collector Adjudication, after their objections, had written a letter to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) informing the Board about the objection by the nominated accused of the case.
“These people (accused) are of the opinion that Chaudhary Muhammad Javed does influence the case as the case was prepared by him when he was Additional Director”, the sources further said.
Sources further said that Collector Chaudhary Muhammad Javed requested the Board either to transfer the case to the Adjudication-I Collectorate or transfer him so that the much-awaited case of US Army reverse cargo be disposed off and those involved be brought to justice.
