Righting the wrongs: Excise dept to weed out underperformers
Field staff tightens noose on tax defaulters; notices issued and properties sealed
RanaYasif
April 07, 2021
ATL 2021 has replaced ATL 2020 that carried names of 3.12 million individuals and companies. A comparison of both lists showed that over 932,000 names were missing from the new list.. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
The Punjab Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department has revealed plans to replace underperforming directors exhibiting lack of interest in meeting revenue targets.
The proposal which comes from department secretary and director general, is aimed at improving the government body’s operational standards and public image.
While still under consideration, the plan hopes to replace said cadre officers by Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and Provincial Management Service (PMS) officers through the S&GAD (Services) Department, who will be deputed and posted as Regional Directors of Excise and Taxati
‘Steps to broaden tax net generated Rs2b’
Excise DG says new technology enabled department to maintain accurate record
APP
January 14, 2021
FAISALABAD:
Multiple steps were taken to enable Punjab Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department for generating additional Rs2 billion during the current financial year.
This was stated by the department’s Director General Saleha Saeed while speaking to the media at Excise office on Wednesday.
She added, “The focus of Excise department was to enhance tax net. Technological advancement has enabled the department to collect and maintain accurate record and potential of recovery.”
Induction of new technology would completely weed out the exploitation by minimising contact between taxpayers and tax collector, she further said. “It will also help enhance tax net through reliable data.”
National
January 11, 2021
FAISALABAD: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that the Sarwar Foundation is providing clean drinking water to two million people daily while water filtration plants are being set up in jails, hospitals, educational institutions and Police Lines.
He said this while talking to media after inaugurating a water filtration plant at Chief Traffic Officer Office here on Sunday. Provincial Minister for Colonies and Culture Mian Khayal Ahmed Kastro, Parliamentarians Mian Farrukh Habib, Raja Riaz Ahmed, Firdous Rai, RPO Raja Rifat Mukhtar, SSP Operations Kashif Aslam, Chief Traffic Officer Shahzada Umar Abbas Babar, Assistant Commissioner Sadar Umar Maqbool, Political Advisor to Punjab Governor Zafar Sindhu, Overseas Committee Chairman Mirza Muhammad Asghar, police officers and leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf were also present.
Bogus documents: Registration of thousands of vehicles suspended
More than 4,000 commercial vehicles registered on fake Army auction vouchers
LAHORE:
The Excise Department has suspended the registration of thousands of commercial vehicles. In total, the registration of 4,119 vehicles, which were apparently registered on bogus Army auction vouchers, has been suspended.
The department suspects more than 7,000 such vehicles were registered on counterfeit documents. The matter, which is now being seen as the biggest scandal related to the registration of used, smuggled and stolen vehicles, has jolted the excise department. These vehicles, one insider said, were being registered for several years by a group of officials within the Punjab Excise and Taxation department with the help of private individuals.