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ISLAMABAD: As many as 18 officers of BPS 16 to 19 of Customs Collectorate Karachi were facing disciplinary proceedings due to their alleged involvement in corruption cases, Minister of Finance Dr. Hafeez Sheikh told Senate here on Tuesday.
The Minister informed the House in a written reply to a question of Talha Mahmood said that two Deputy Collectors Imran Sajjad Bukhari and Javed Sarwar Sheikh and one Additional Collector of BPS-19 Syed Tanveer Ahmed and one Assistant Collector of BPs-17 Aamir Nawaz Hamid were involved in the cases of M/S Bawan Shah Group of Companies regarding issuances of fake/flying refunds.
Inquiries are underway against the officials, he added.
He further said the other officials include Deputy Collectors of BPS-18 Habib Ahmad Jawad Zafar Malik, Salra Khan, Muhammad Saqif Saeed and Nawabzadi Aliya Dilawar. The other officials were Principal Appraisers of BPS-16 Maimutullah Alvi, Shahid Hussain Rizvi, Qamaruddin Semajo, Irshad Khan, Syed Hamid Umar and Mehtab Ahmed.
Answering another question, he informed that in December 2008, huge quantity of tyres were detained in two private godowns of M/s Junaid Brothers and M/s Syed Brothers in Karachi by Directorate of I&I-FBR, Karachi while suspecting that these goods were imported in Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) and were off loaded in these godowns by misusing facility.
He said the probe revealed that deliberate in-action in supervising and handling the whole operation to establish smuggling of tyres under the garb of ATT, adding that disciplinary proceedings against the officials involved were initiated under government servant rules 1973.
To another question of Maulana Gul Naseeb, he said out of seven districts of Malakand Division bank loans of residents of four districts that included Malakand, Swat, Buner and Chitral have been written off under the Prime Minister's fiscal relief package of KP, FATA and PATA.
He said the relief package was extended to only four districts and division in pursuance of the recommendations finalized after consultation with all stakeholders including the government of KP, Chamber of Commerce and industries of KP and State Bank of Pakistan. – APP
