Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office, Sardar Ali Khwaja Tuesday said his department has a firm resolve to frustrate the movement of smuggled goods and no obstacle would be accepted in achieving this objective. Addressing a ceremony held to torch 1090 cartons of seized cigarettes worth over 30million rupees here he said, officials of Inland Revenue Service were completely alert to end illegal production and counterfeit and non duty paid cigarettes.
To frustrate such illegal trade, he said the department was working on modern lines and has adopted scientific methods to tight noose around text evaders.
Owing to these initiatives, the perpetrators of such offenses were now on the run and having a difficult time to continue their activities.