KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate MCC Exports, Custom House, is facing acute shortage of staff since its bifurcation in 2013.
Presently, the MCC Exports is working with 95 officials against its sanctioned strength of 250. There was only one Collectorate Exports, however, the same was bifurcated in 2013 and the Collectorate of Export, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim came into being, sources told Customs Today.
The gravity of the situation could be gauged that the sanctioned strength of Principal Appraiser is 8 but only one Principal Appraiser is working with the collectorate with multiple tasks, sources elaborated.
According to sources, the Exports Collectorate lacked the working atmosphere and the things got messed up there. However, no official bothered to improve the functioning of the collectorate that is interlinked with the country’s overall export, sources added.
After the posting of Collector MCC Exports Dr Saifuddin Junejo, the due attention is being paid to the improvement of working condition there. Moreover, the responsibilities of different sections are also being shifted so that the officials could perform their duties in a befitting manner, sources concluded.
