KARACHI: The turning of Customs Club into a marriage hall for the last many years has forced the officials to initiate a signature drive within the Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive to bring the activity to an end.
A Customs official at MCC Preventive approached his colleague in the Legal Department to draft the signature drive letter to be signed by other colleagues to express their displeasure at the turning of Customs House into a marriage hall as well as to demand that the activity should be stopped. The signature drive would demand the relevant authorities in the Collectorate to stop the usage of Customs Club as a marriage hall.
According to sources, some 200 marriage ceremonies have been held at the Customs Club during the last two years. Not only the facility of Custom Club were misused by hosting marriage ceremonies but there has been no follow-up of the accounts about just how much revenue was generated from the activity. There are no follow-up of the accounts, the sources added.
The Customs officials in the vanguard of the signature drive also expressed concerns at the kind of crowds Customs Club has been drawing and want that Customs Club be cleared of it for good. The sources said that the signature drive would demand that Secretary of Customs Club Kamil Hussain should ensure that the Club hosts no more marriage ceremonies.
