KARACHI: The Chief Collector of Customs Appraisement (South) has notified transfers of the entire appraising staff posted at Directorate General of Transit Trade.

Sources said that these transfers were notified following the recommendations by Director Transit Trade, Wajid Ali.

The pilferage and illegal removal of goods off US Army/NATO/ISAF cargo was the prime reason behind their transfers.

According to details, Principal Appraisers Azeem  Khan and Qalandar Bux Ansari have been moved from Transit Trade to MCC Appraisement West, Principal Appraiser Liaquat Ali has been moved from Transit Trade to MCC Port Qasim.

Principal Shahid Hussain Rizvi has been moved from MCC Port Qasim to Transit Trade while PAs Jam Arbab and Abdul Shakoor Shaikh have been moved from MCC Appraisement West to Transit Trade.

Appraising Officers Shakeel Ahmed, Mirza Irfan Beg, Muhammad Akram Basra, Sajjad Asghar Bukhari and Akhtar Ali Jamali have been transferred from Transit Trade to MCC Port Qasim. Appraising Officers Abdul Aziz, Aftab Iqbal, Aurung Ali Shah, Ghulam Mustafa Kathia, Moosa Solangi and Adnan Amin Malik have been moved from Transit Trade to MCC Appraisement West.

Moreover, Appraising Officers Shahid Murad, Ihtisham-ul-Haq Paracha, Maira Gulrez, Mubashir Mir and Munir Brohi have been posted at Transit Trade as they were transferred from MCC Port Qasim.

Appraising Officers Ali Akber, Azhar Shafi, S.M Wasi, Sarfaraz Bangalzai and Abdul Rahim from MCC Appraisement West and Shafqat Abbas Gondal from MCC Appraisement East have been posted at Directorate General of Transit Trade.