Multan: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has failed to take action against the Customs officials involved in clearing thousands of Vehicles through vehicle Amnesty Scheme despite of the fact that court canceled the said scheme.
According to detail, FBR has yet not taken any action against customs officials involved in illegal clearance of more than 52000 vehicles through vehicles Amnesty Scheme.
This scheme had caused more than Rs 35 Billion losses to national exchequer during last year and FBR had announced to take action against the officials who were involved.
The Amnesty Scheme was declared null and void after the decision of judiciary and it was clearly mentioned in the verdict of court that scheme was launched to provide benefit to specific class. Due to the low customs duty and regularization fees on import through this scheme the national exchequer faced billions of rupees loss.
The cars were seized after the verdict of court because through this scheme customs officers earned millions of rupees.
The customs officers were found involved in clearing cars through this illegal scheme and the court directed authorities to take action against them but still there is no action taken against them.
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