KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred 29 officers of Pakistan Customs Enforcement including officers in BS-16 and Ts-BS-17 to Admin Pool, Federal Board of Revenue (HQ), Islamabad.
An official said these transfers were finalized without any input from the Collectorates and would badly hurt the ongoing anti-smuggling campaign. A synergy had been developed, which would dissolve due to these surprising transfers.
Officers transferred to Admin Pool include Syed Muhammad All (Superintendent) Collectorate of Customs Appraisement, Peshawar; Qazi Zahid Qamar (Superintendent) Collectorate of Customs Appraisement, Peshawar; Tanveer Ahmed Virk (Superintendent) Collectorate of Customs, AIlama Iqbal International Airport (ABA), Lahore; Tanveer Ahmed (Superintendent) Collectorates of Customs Appraisement, Peshawar; Mazhar Illahi (Superintendent) Directorate of Internal Audit (North), Islamabad; Bashir Ahmed Bhutto (Superintendent Preventive Service) Collectorate of Customs, Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi; Azhar. A. Aleem (Superintendent Preventive Service) Collectorate of Customs, Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi; Ejaz Khoso (Superintendent Preventive Service) Collectorate of Customs, Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi; Mirza Shoaib Feroze (Superintendent Preventive Service) Collectorate of Customs, Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi; Muhammad Saleem (Preventive Officer) Collectorate of Customs Enforcement (Ports), Custom House, Karachi; Muhammad Saqlain (Preventive Officer) Collectorate of Customs Enforcement, Custom House Karachi; Rana Azeem Sarwar (Preventive Officer) Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Quetta; Muhammad Zubair (Preventive Officer) Collectorate of Customs, Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi; Shahid Bakhtiar Matti (Inspector) Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Lahore.
Others include Shaina Minto (Inspector), S. Usama Shah (Inspector), Karistopher Waris (Inspector), Abdul Wahid Inspector), Fakhar Iqbal Gondal, Saquib Habib (Inspector) Syed Hasham Hussain (Inspector), Qaiser Shah (Inspector), Aftab Alam (Inspector) Amir Khan (Inspector), Shamroz Khan and Zafar Ali (Inspector OPS) of Customs Enforcement Peshawar.
Moreover, Zia ul Islam (Inspector) at Islamabad International Airport; Muhammad Farooq (Inspector) Customs Enforcement Karachi and Armaghan Asad (Inspector) IOCO Lahore have also been transferred to Admin Pool, FBR.