KARACHI: In a bid to speed up the ongoing drive against tax evaders, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Inland Revenue (IR) Intelligence and Investigation, Karachi, has demanded more vehicles.
Sources revealed to Customs Today that Karachi IR Intelligence Director Saifullah Khan Niazi wrote a letter to the Director General Khawaja Tanvir requesting allocation of more vehicles.
Keeping in view the necessity of more vehicles to maintain current pace of drive against tax evaders, Niazi asked the director general to get arranged another 5 to 7 vehicles by getting approval from the FBR so full potential of the department could be utilised, the sources said.
They said that Karachi IR was facing several challenges, which are affecting the performance of the all regional units negatively, as overall IR is having shortage of around 184 vehicles.
Talking to Customs Today officials suggested that the shortage of vehicles could be fulfilled by allowing the officers to have access to the unclaimed vehicles, which are standing at Custom House and the Directorate of IR Intelligence.
According to the details, LTU Karachi is facing shortage of 35 vehicles as LTU Karachi is sanctioned to have 50 vehicles but currently only 15 vehicles are available. Recently inaugurated LTU-II is required 38 vehicles while RTO building is sanctioned to have 38 vehicles, but only 7 vehicles are operational therefore, 31 more vehicles are required at RTO.
Similarly, RTO-II is facing shortage of 10 vehicles because the unit currently do not have single vehicle.
RTO-III is sanctioned to have 73 vehicles in which only 18 vehicles are operational thus the RTO-III is required 55 more vehicles making the total requirement of IRS Karachi to 184 vehicles.
