GILGIT BALTISTAN: With the help of Special Communications Organization (SCO), the state-of-the-art fiber optics has been laid down to provide uninterrupted internet service to all the stakeholders till Khunjrab border.
Assistant Collector Ali Asad, while talking to Customs Today, said that WeBOC is the automated customs clearance system operating on all customs stations in Pakistan and before launching it formally at Sost, the Chief Collector Customs North and Collector Customs Gilgit-Baltistan convened a special meeting with all chambers and traders at Customs House Gilgit to brief them about the system.
He said that since the roll-out of WeBOC at Sost by the start of this season numerous awareness seminars have been conducted to brief the traders about the benefits offered by the system to the government and the trader communities.
He stated that continuous training sessions have been conducted at Sost dry port to train the traders regarding its application and Customs Service Centers have also been established to assist traders regarding GD filing and other allied matters through-out its operations.
Ali Asad said that roll-out of WeBOC shall not only make the trade through Pak-China border easy but also align Sost dry port with all the modern customs infrastructures existing allover Pakistan.
Assistant Collector said that Customs Collectorate Gilgit-Baltistan is fully geared to extend full facilitation to all genuine traders, however, this positive change has not been welcomed by certain quarters he explained that all stakeholders namely customs, National Logistics Cell (NLC), Special Communications Organization (SCO) and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) are fully motivated and trained to roll-out WeBOC for the greater good of our beloved Pakistan.
