KARACHI: The Shaheen Air International (Private) Limited has sought relevant documents from the customs authorities in a multi-billion tax evasion case against it.
According to details, the MCC-Preventive has constituted a case against Shaheen Air for allegedly evading tax of Rs 4.145 billion. It is alleged that the airline imported 47 aircrafts under different lease agreements and dismantled, removed or scrapped 12 of them.
The Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I has forwarded the query letter of the airline to the Collectorate of MCC-Preventive for further departmental procedure.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I on the contravention report sent by MCC-Preventive had issued show-cause notices to Ehsan Ali Sehbai, the chairman of the Shaheen Air, CEO Kashif Khalid Sehbai, Syed Yousaf, chief/director procurement & logistics, and others.
