LARKANA, Sept 8: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on excise and taxation, M. A. Jalil, has said that the PTCL, Wapda, OGDC and other institutions and companies of the federal government are not paying taxes to Sindh and millions of rupees are outstanding against them.

On the contrary, he said, Wapda and the PTCL had made their practice to cut power and telephone connections to departments of the Sindh government on the pretext of non-payment of bills.

Talking to journalists here on Wednesday, the adviser said the federal government must realize its obligation and pay taxes to the Sindh government. He said a target of Rs4011.493 million was fixed for various taxes including the motor vehicle tax, excise enactment tax, infrastructure cess tax, cotton fee, professional tax and hotel tax.

Mr Jalil claimed the department exceeded the target and recovered an amount of Rs5639.330 million, which stands at 122.5 per cent above the target. He said the department was making efforts to bring more and more people in the tax net to broaden the tax base.

He said the government was contemplating training of officials of the Sindh excise department to control the smuggling of narcotics. The adviser said excise personnel would be sent to training centres of police and rangers. Besides, he said, they would be given a week's training at the directorate of excise and taxation to know the law.

The adviser said two check posts had been established by the department at Obauro in Ghotki district and Lasbelo in Balochistan to curb the inter-provincial smuggling of the Desi Wine.