SIALKOT: Excise and Taxation Department ETO Muzzafar Qayyum Chaudhary has said that at least 219 properties have been sealed and 190 vehicles are impounded during a crackdown in the district.
Talking to Customs Today, he said that a campaign against tax evaders is in full swing and excise teams are performing their duties in different areas of the district. He said that the properties and vehicles of MNAs, influential persons and government officials are also sealed and impounded by the excise teams. He said that the department has already tightened noose around the tax evaders and would not spare any defaulter.
He said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given free hand to the Excise and Taxation Department while he has instructed the officials to ensure recovery of dues from tax evaders.
