KARACHI: Secretary Enforcement and Coordination Zubair Shah, through a letter, has asked the Chief Collector of Enforcement-South Muhammad Nazim Saleem to evolve a comprehensive strategy and taking appropriate action in order to curb illegal smuggling of oil and diesel from Iran.
In the letter, Secretary Enforcement and Coordination Zubair Shah has also given reference to the letter no. UO 7(11) DS-(E-11)/2014 issued by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat in which it was stated that effective measures against the smuggling of petrol and diesel from Iran.
The letter further stated that the Pakistan Customs and FBR should arrest those persons who were involved in the said crime which causes heavy loss to the national exchequer specifically through smuggling the huge quantity of petrol and diesel from Iran.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Customs with the assistance of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh Police and other law enforcing agencies had launched a crackdown on illegal smuggling of oil and diesel from other countries, in which more than 50 illegal petrol pumps had been demolished within the jurisdiction of the port city of Karachi by the authorities concerned.
However, it has been observed that the illegal smuggling of Iranian oil and diesel has once again gained momentum and illegal petrol pumps have again started working in the outskirts of the city.
