SIALKOT: The Excise and Taxation Department has decided to arrest as many as 6,500 habitual tax evaders in Gujranwala Division’s all the six Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala districts.
Excise Director Rao Shakeel Ur Rehman has also directed the ETOs concerned to ensure the early issuance of the arrest warrants against the tax evaders.
According to Rao Shakeel Ur Rehman, these 6,500 had not been paying their property taxes for the last eight consecutive years and lying defaulters, besides, remaining reluctant to pay their outstanding arrears.
