ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Customs senior officials face serious corruptionallegations.
Federal government removed the Member Customs operation Agha Jawad andother senior collectors from their positions on corruption allegations.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on late Friday night issued the removalnotification of Member Customs operation just a few days before hisretirement from service.
Sources concerned said that he has allegedly been promoting and protectingthe corrupt officials in the department and a number of corruptioninquiries are pending against him. On the other hand, the government hasremoved all his close aides from important slots and appointed new officerson their positions.
On the other hand, the FBR has given the additional charge of memberCustoms operation to Javed Ghani, who is working as Member Customspolicy. In addition to this, the FBR has also posted Muhammad Saleem asCollector Model Collectorate of Customs (MCC) appraisement Peshawar, KhalilIbrahim Collector MCC Preventive Peshawar, Muhammad Yaqoob Collector MCCpreventive Quetta as well as MCC Gwadar, Irfan ur Rehman Collector MCCappraisement Quetta, Fayyaz Anwar Collector MCC Preventive Multan, ImtaizShiekh Collector MCC export Karachi, Irfan Javed Director Intelligence andInvestigation Gwadar and Shahid Jan has been posted as Additional CollectorMCC appraisement Peshawar.
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The FBR notification stated that FBR has asked close aides of Jawad Agha’Ahsan ALi Shah, Iftikhar Ahmad, M Raza and Arbab Qaisar to assume theirresponsibilities as chief as well as FBR Secretary.
Earlier, it has emerged that Customs field formations have been involved incorrupt practices as some officials have communicated this to FBR ChairmanShabbar Zaidi as well as Member Customs operations Jawad Agha however thelater one kept his mum due to his alleged connivance with them.
Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed last month that one Customs Collectorwas minting Rs70 million per month without giving the name.
