ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Asim Ahmad has said that the government’s top priority is to combat the smuggling of goods, vehicles, currency and misinvoicing.

Mr Asim was reviewing the performance of the regional directors of the Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-Customs, an important arm of the FBR.

An official announcement said that the chairman made it very clear that the department had the capacity and competence to come up to the expectations with respect to each of these priority areas.

He assured Director General Faiz Ahmad Chadhar that all possible resources required to achieve the desired results would be provided by the FBR.

During the 12-hour-long conference, each regional director gave a detailed presentation on the performance in the first quarter of FY23. It covered major challenges hindering the achievement of organisational goals, methods of information gathering, gaps in human resources and logistics as well as suggestions for further improvement.

Mr Chadhar directed All the regional directors to focus on misinvoicing not only in imports but also in exports, misuse of exemption regimes, variation in the pattern of transit trade viz a viz national imports and improving vigil along the borders.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2022