MULTAN: Customs Adjudication Multan have settled 22 seizure cases of Rs 15.986 million during the month of January.
According to details , Deputy Collector Customs Adjudication Farhat Ali concluded 21 seizure cases of Rs 12.594 million after hearing . Almost 19 fresh seizure cases of Rs 13.156 million have been added in the month of January. Deputy Collector Farhat Ali has decided as many as 171 various seizure cases of worth Rs 57.498 million after completion of hearing during first seven months of the fiscal year 2015-16.
Collector have also issued judgment in the eight different seizure and contrventions of Rs 67.212 million during the first seven months of the economic year 2015-16. These seizure cases were formed by Customs Intelligence and Anti –Smuggling Organization in their anti-smuggling activities.
Additional Collector have not decided any seizure case during the month of February after their trial. There are 11 new seizure cases added in the month of January for hearing. Customs Adjudication have finalized 202 cases of worth Rs 167.168 million during the first seven months of the economic year 2015-16.
Pendency of the various seizure cases has been increase due to hindrance from respondents in the hearing and unnecessary delay from lawyers in the cases. Almost 54 seizure cases of Rs 379.207 million amount are pending in Customs Adjudication for hearing.