ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee for Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs under the chairmanship of Saleem Mandviwala will discuss and finalise Anti-Money Laundering Amendment Bill 2014 in its meeting on October 20.
According to sources, the committee will consider matters relating to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) like anti-smuggling measures and border security at Chaman, Torkham and Pakistan-Iran border and performance of field formations. While reforms, up-gradation and promotion policy of FBR in Customs Department will also come under discussion, especially up-gradation of officials from BS 16 to BS-17.
Sources added that earlier the Cabinet Division had returned the summary forwarded by FBR suggesting up-gradation of senior BPS-16 officers of Customs into BPS-17 and marked several anomalies while FBR proposed the up-gradation of Customs superintendents and principal appraisers from BPS-16 to BPS-17. Highlighting the anomalies, Cabinet Division noted Civil Servants Act, 1973 requires promotion to be from a post in lower pay scale to a post in higher pay scale.
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