ISLAMABAD: The United States Embassy has handed over 30 Honda motorbikes 125CC to Model Customs Collectorate Islamabad.
According to details, a ceremony to handover motorcycles was held at Islamabad Dry Port. Additional Collector Headquarters Muhammad Ishfaque received the bikes on behalf of the Pakistan Customs.
US Navy Commander Holman (ODRP) US Embassy handed over the motorbikes to the Customs Department. Sources told that these motor bikes would be given to field formations of the customs collectorates throughout the country for vigilance.
Sources said that prominent among those who was attended the ceremony Additional Collector Muhammad Ishafaque, Deputy Collector Dry Port Wajid Zaman, and US Navy Commander Holam.
The sources told that the motor bikes will be distributed to the Customs offices located in Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Multan, Gujranwala, while five to six bikes will be distributed to the MCC Islamabad and Customs Intelligence and Investigations Headquarters, Islamabad.
It is also necessary to mention here that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) handed over seven double cabin vehicles to the Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigations in Fiscal Year 2016-17 in order to strengthen its anti-narcotics operations in the country, sources informed that US Embassy was donated 36 double cabin vehicles, 37 bikes worth Rs 8 million to the FBR during FY2015-16.
