KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs celebrated the World Customs Day by destructing a huge quantity of narcotics, contrabands etc worth Rs 4 billion.
A large number of customs officers headed by Chief Collector Enforcement South Zahid Khokhar, Collector Customs Preventive Syed Tariq Huda, Additional Collector Preventive Feroz Alam Junejo, Additional Collector Preventive Khalid Hussain Jamali, senior preventive officers, preventive officers and foreign delegates witnessed the ceremony.
While addressing the audience, Chief Collector Enforcement South Zahid Khokhar said World Customs Day is like an Eid for the Customs officials. “We protect our society, lives of people, wildlife, indigenous species etc”, he added.
“The cases like acetic anhydride is the biggest ever achievement of Customs in the world which has saved the society and the world. Moreover, we (the customs) are providing benefits to the local industry by seizing cases of mis-declaration, smuggling, under-invoicing etc”.
“The Pakistan Customs are the revenue collectors as it collects 43 percent of the total revenue. We infuse blood to the national economy. We are the blood providers”, Zahid Khokhar said.
The Customs are now connected with the State Bank of Pakistan, terminal operators, IATA and other agencies through its own-developed state-of-the-art WeBOC, he said, adding that Pakistan Customs have the muscles and now we are showing our muscles to anti-social elements and we will do.
While briefing the media and foreign dignitaries, Collector Model Customs Collectorate Syed Tariq Huda said Customs Preventive’s ASO, Customs Quetta and Customs Gwadar had seized more than 22,400 bottles of foreign liquor, 54, 611 beer cans, 20 cartons of assorted medicines and 16 kilograms of hashish in just six months of the financial year 2015-16. The overall seizure in six months is up 643 percent as compared to last year.
“The brave customs officers are fighting war against drugs, narcotics and they would continue to do the same in future as well”, the collector added.
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