ISLAMABAD: A five-member team of World Bank visited the Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) and held a detailed meeting with Collector Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhary, while Additional Collector Mohammad Ishfaq and Deputy Collector Wajid Zaman were also present on the occasion.
Sources told Customs Today that during the meeting, the WB delegation was informed that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has constituted a dedicated team to finalize a comprehensive proposal based on realistic assessment of HR for all the cadres of Customs service for effective performance of assigned duties to analyze existing and future functions, responsibilities, workload etc.
Sources said that all these are required for their specific functions as well as increase in sanctioned strength of existing cadres for improvement of performance to be amalgamated in the desired unified proposal on the input provided by the field formations.
World Bank team asked the Collectorate to provide HR details including numbers of new post proposed by the formation (all cadres), promotion path in case of new cadre/specialized by the formation, justification of expansion by supportive evidence/statistics wherever possible by the formation, estimated revenue enhancement due to proposed expansion, financial impact of proposed post on annual basis, any other justification deemed appropriate by the formation, the source added.
