A delegation of businessmen met newly appointed Chief Collector Customs, Fayyaz Anwar and apprised him about the issues causing hindrances in smooth sailing of Pak-Afghan trade.
The delegation led by President Frontier Customs Agents Association (FCAA), Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi also congratulated Fayyaz Anwar over his appointed and expressed the hope that he will give due consideration to problems being faced by business community of the province.
The delegation members included Khalid Shazad of PAJCCI, Imtiaz Ahmad Ali, Vice President FCAA and Mian Waheed Shah, General Secretary FCAA.
Speaking on the occasion, Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi who holds the office of Director Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry paid tributes to previous Chief Collector Customs, Muhammad Saleem and said he did remarkable services for betterment of commerce and trade in the region.
He said Fayyaz Anwar has also served on the post of Director Transit Trade Peshawar so he will be well informed about the issues being faced by business community.
The participants of the meeting informed Chief Collector Customs that presently hundreds of provisional Customs Licence has been issued at Custom stations of Torkhem, Ghulam Khan, Kharlachi and Angoor Ada as a result of which a number of illegal practices are being observed on daily basis.
They demanded cancellation of all provisional licence and issue of new ones to candidates who appears in qualification examination and pass the text with distinction.
They also raised the issue of slow processing of goods clearance at border posts due to checking by different department including Frontier Corps, National Logistics Cell (NLC) and a couple of others.
Due to checking by different departments clearance of goods laden trucks takes a long time and sometimes perishable goods got rot, inflicting huge losses on business community.—APP
