ISLAMABAD: Abdul Khaliq, the executive secretary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ombudsmen Association, said that framing of body’s ‘by-laws’ was near to completion with its translation into Arabic and French languages.
A Steering Committee, consisting of nine Muslim states, was constituted in 2012 in order to form the ‘constitution’ and ‘by-laws’ of the OIC Ombudsmen Association. Besides Pakistan- Indonesia, Iran, Guinea, Jordan, Morocco, Republic of Niger, Sudan and Turkey were the member states of the Steering Committee.
Under leadership (as president) of Pakistan’s Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), the committee was about to accomplish the epic task with the completion of ‘by-laws’ in-line with its English version which was prepared under supervision of Pakistani officials, said Abdul Khaliq.
Talking to Customs Today, Abdul Khaliq said that a nine member Steering Committee had prepared the document of OIC Ombudsmen Association’s ‘constitution’ and later the initial draft of ‘by-laws’.
He said the draft of both drafts were essential to materialize the conception of OICOA in order to establish and run the organization.
Initially, an English draft was prepared, with consultation of all member-Muslim states. It was required to be translated into Arabic and French languages since these were also official languages of the organization along with English.
“Morocco had offered the facility of translate English version into Arabic and French. First draft of French translation was examined closely and returned to Morocco Tax Ombudsman office after some anomalies were found in the draft not aligned with English draft”, he said.
“As soon as the draft will be shared with OICOA secretariat in Pakistan and, agreed, the process of “by-laws” formation would reach to its conclusion”, he said hoping that member states were working on the task for its earliest completion.
