SIALKOT: The federal government has finally approved a mega plan of establishing a Model Customs Collectorate on five acres of land along the River Chenab Toll Plaza near Wazirabad.
Sources told Customs Today that Rs 5 billion would be spent on the establishment of new Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) near Wazirabad, as the revenue department has already sent a summary to assistant commissioner of Wazirabad for land acquiring.
“The federal government has also released funds to FBR for the establishment of a warehouse, judicial complex, barracks and offices for the senior officials and junior staff,” they added.
Sources revealed that MCC would be responsible to thoroughly check all the luggage and consignments reaching at River Chenab Toll Plaza from Afghanistan via Peshawar and Rawalpindi, besides, taking rapid legal action against smuggling.
On the other hand, customs officials were of the view that that after establishment of customs directorate, they will be able to seize B smuggled vehicles which usually avoided from main GT road by their owners in vicinity of Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala districts.
