KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling directed authorities of Karachi Central jail to conduct the medical tests of an ailing suspect and submit a report in the court.
The judge gave this direction while hearing the cases pertaining to pilferage of the US Army reverse cargo. In response to the court notice, Karachi central prison’s assistant superintendent appeared before the judge, stating that ailing suspect Muhammad Umar was referred to a hospital for tests and sought time to submit the medical report.
Earlier, the court summoned the superintendent of Karachi Central jail to explain why medical tests of Muhammad Umar, who was stated to be suffering from hepatitis and other chronic diseases, were not conducted despite the court orders.
According to the details, Directorate General of Transit Trade lodged two FIRs pertaining to pilferage of US Army reverse cargo in 22 containers during their transit from Torkham to Karachi port. The cargo was declared to contain power generators with transformer and equipment for transit to Karachi port for export to Dubai. When the containers were examined physically at Karachi port they were found empty.
During course of examination, shipper and custom seals were found intact. However, the cargo declared in the invoice and packing list was not found in the containers.
Subsequently two FIRs were registered against bonded carrier M/s. Port Connection (Pvt) Ltd and the authorized agents M/s Peerzada Service International, M/s Ghani’s International and M/s Multitrans Logistics (Pvt) Ltd.
