ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court division bench comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani dated in office hearing of an appeal filed by Collector Customs Islamabad.
The department had challenged a decision announced by Customs Appellate Tribunal by filing a case against Sheikh Zubair and others.
This customs matter was filed by the department in ongoing year and the court dated in office further proceedings on the matter. M/s Wahaj Enterprises customs case during third week of September.
Earlier the same bench had issued notices for further proceedings against Customs Appellate Tribunal, Islamabad and Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
It is pertinent to mention that the matter was filed with the court in 2008. The matter was pending with the court since then as the parties had been delaying hearing on the case.
Barrister Masroor Shah, Muhammad Naeem Qazi, Raja Muhammad Tariq, Shan Zeb Khan, Sikandar Naeem Qazi had represented the appellant the case while Amin Feroze Khan, Naziran Malik, Muhammad Nawaz had contested on behalf of Customs Appellate Tribunal in the case.
Meanwhile, the court had issued plenty of notices and directions to conclude hearing on the matter. However, the parties caused delay in concluding the matter using delaying tactics.
The court would resume hearing on the said matters in coming week. In the meantime various benches of IHC would continues hearing plenty of customs and income tax matters pending before them.
