PESHAWAR: Collector Customs Peshawar Qurban Ali Khan has said the volume of duty collection on transportation of goods between Pakistan and Afghanistan is much more than the figures collected in year 2014 during the last six months from July 1 to December 31, 2015.
Talking to the media persons, Collector Customs Peshawar informed that in the year 2014, revenue collection from trade via Torkham border was Rs 2,426 million. While during the last six months of 2015, it shoots up to Rs 3528 million, showing an increase of Rs 1102 million. The Custom Department, Qurban Ali continued has embarked upon a policy of facilitating business community of the country by providing them maximum facilities besides generating revenue for the official kitty.
He informed that the whole custom department has been computerized to expedite processing of documentations relating to clearance of goods for imports and exports. Earlier, the process was under taken through manual system which took a lot of time.
Collector Qurban Ali Khan said about 20 years ago in Custom department there was only one Collector for whole KP, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan, but now there are around 1000 officials in the whole Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Recently the Custom Collectorate has also deputed Assistant Collector at Parachinar (Kurram Agency) from where around 600 trucks are crossing border from Parachinar to Afghanistan on daily basis and similarly trucks are coming here loaded with goods including fresh fruit and other items.
