"Around 7500 containers did not cross the Afghan border during the last four years and with the involvement of some customer officials all the goods were smuggled inside Pakistan." — File Photo

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took personal notice of the tax evasion scandal of containers being supplied through Afghan transit trade for the Nato forces.

During the hearing, the Supreme Court ordered to send notices to the involved officers in the corruption scandal.

The case was heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

According to a report of Federal tax ombudsman being presented in the court, around 7500 containers did not cross the Afghan border during the last four years. And with the involvement of some customer officials all the goods were smuggled inside Pakistan. As a result national treasury had incurred losses of around Rs 37 billion.

It is also stated in the report that it is just a hint towards a big scandal and after doing further investigation there are chances of revealing more corruption.

The court ordered to send notices to Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, member customs, custom collectors of Karachi port, port Qasim, Quetta and Peshawar, Secretary Finance, Secretary Trade, DG customs intelligence and DG NLC that were present during the period January 1, 2007 to December 24, 2010.