KARACHI: Importers are facing hardships due to unnecessary hurdles by Pakistan International Containers Terminal these hurdles result in delay of consignments. Importers have to bear financial loss of million of rupees.
Talking to Customs Today one importer Saleh Khan said that staff deployed on these Terminals are sending samples of their consignments for verification to harass them. Nowadays if one importer did not contact the officials deployed on Terminals they cannot able put their consignments for examinations. After that consignments are opened for days in the name of examinations, and this the main reason that theft become a routine matter.
Expressing his views on the current situation an official of Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement East Muzammil Hussain said we were receiving same kind of complaints in the past and we takes action on these complaints. Now we are considering to take strict action against these complaints soon.