Author: Mrs. Anjum Shahnawaz

Petrol price increases to Rs103.97 per liter

ISLAMABAD: The government has increased prices of petroleum products effective from August 01, 2020. The price of petrol has been increased by Rs3.86 per liters.

According to a statement issued on Friday, the government decided to revise the existing prices of petroleum products in view of the rising oil prices trend in the global market.

The new prices effective from August 01, 2020 are as follows:

The price of MS (Petrol) has been increased by Rs3.86 per liter to Rs103.97 from Rs100.11.

The price of High Speed Diesel (HSD) has been increased by Rs5 per liter to Rs106.46 from Rs101.6.

The price of kerosene oil has been increased by Rs5.97 per liter to Rs65.29 from Rs59.32.

The price of light diesel oil has been increased by Rs6.62 per liter to Rs62.86 from Rs56.24.

July 31, 2020
Rules for treasury single account system notified

ISLAMABAD: The ministry of finance has notified Cash Management and Treasury Single Account Rules, 2020 under which treasury single account system has been explained.

According to the rules the Treasury Single Account system shall be:

(1) Federal Consolidated Fund Account, Public Account, assignment accounts, their sub-accounts and linked accounts as approved by the Finance Division, shall form part of the treasury single account system.

(2) Monies that have been appropriated through the Federal Government budget and have been transferred to scheduled bank accounts by Government offices shall be reverted to the non-food account No.1 of the Government by the 30th June 2020, as non-tax receipt of the Government as provided in sub-rule (3) of rule 4.

(3) Finance Division shall identify and notify all Government offices which are required to be included in the treasury single account system, after classification and evaluation of all existing bank accounts being maintained by such offices.

(4) Government offices that are fully funded through the Federal Government budget by using either local or foreign sources, including project and programme loans and grants, shall operate their bank accounts through treasury single account system and no cash operation shall be allowed outside the treasury single account. Assignment accounts, sub-assignment accounts and revolving fund accounts shall be used in case of local currency or foreign currency funding requirements. 7

(5) Any government investment, loan, grant, subsidy, equity, project or scheme either funded locally or through foreign aid shall be provided to government enterprises and offices through sub-accounts of treasury single account system including assignment accounts, sub-assignment accounts and revolving fund accounts opened in public account.

(6) Procedure for opening, operating and closing of assignment accounts including its sub-accounts and linked accounts shall remain operative as per Notification No. F.2(2)-BR-II/2008-948/18 dated 12.10.2018 issued by Finance Division, unless amended.

(7) The SBP or its banking agent NBP shall operate or cause to operate assignment accounts, sub-assignment accounts and linked accounts as approved by Finance Division according to assignment accounts procedure. Assignment account both for local currency and foreign currency shall be part of non-food account No. 1 of Government maintained by SBP. Principal accounting officers shall be responsible for overseeing operations of such accounts including request for approval from Finance Division for opening of assignment accounts.

(8) A request for opening of assignment accounts may be sent to Finance Division under existing procedure, available at www.finance.gov.pk. An assignment account shall be opened with designated branch of NBP for incurring expenditure under assignment accounts procedure.SBP and its agents shall be responsible for issuing bank statement for reconciliation and cooperate with Government offices as well as Finance Division for conflict resolution, if any.

(9) The Government offices using the assignment accounts shall be responsible for enforcing financial order and strict economy at every step and after observance of all relevant fiduciary rules and regulations. The Government offices shall ensure that not only the total expenditure is kept within the limits of the authorized ceiling but also that the funds allocated to spending units are expended in the public interest and for objects for which the money was allocated. In order to maintain a proper control, the Government offices shall put in place a monitoring mechanism to know not only of what has actually been spent from an appropriation but also what commitments and liabilities have been and will be incurred against it.

(10) The Government offices concerned shall maintain proper books of accounts and maintain receipt and revenue ledger and disbursement ledger so that the balance of receipt side shall correspond with the money deposited in receipt account. Similarly, expenses shall be reconciled with bank statement issued by SBP or its agents. 8

(11) The withdrawing entities shall be responsible for accounting of expenditure on a daily basis. On the basis of record and the bank statement, the drawing authorities shall render classified account of expenditure to the accounting offices on a monthly basis by 10th of each month for reconciliation of expenditure. The variations, if any, shall be reconciled and appropriate entries shall be made to update the accounting records. Monthly and quarterly release of funds shall be subject to reconciliation with accounting offices. The NBP shall report the account remaining undrawn against the authorized ceiling at the close of a financial year to accounting office in respect of each assignment account within a month.

(12) The SBP shall host and maintain treasury single account on behalf of the Federal Government. It shall provide electronic gateway system for necessary payment reports and ability to check the account balances online and real-time. The SBP shall collect information from commercial banks under section 31 of the Act and ensure provision of all information to the Finance Division to ensure implementation of the treasury single account system.

(13) Principal accounting officers, overseeing the Government offices on the instructions of Finance Division, shall close all bank accounts in commercial banks and provide evidence of such closure to Finance Division. Principal accounting officers shall transfer to treasury single account balances of accounts that contain public moneys appropriated through the Government’s.

(14) Accounting office’s shall ensure that no payment is made from the Federal Consolidated Fund without available budget, assignment accounts and sub-accounts are maintained for treasury single account system and that reconciliations are carried out on quarterly basis between book balances, bank statements and GFMIS.

July 31, 2020
Weekly Review: market likely to stay positive

KARACHI: The stock market likely to stay positive during the next week due to improved inflows and stability of in Pak Rupee against the US Dollar, analysts said.

Analysts at Arif Habib Limited hoped the market to remain positive in the upcoming week.

With continuation of result season, certain scrips are expected to remain under limelight.

While stability in Pak Rupee against USD given inflow of foreign funds may also keep the risk appetite of investors in-check.

The benchmark KSE-100 index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) is currently trading at a PER of 7.3x (2021) compared to Asia Pac regional average of 13.2x and while offering DY of ~6.2 percent versus ~2.7 percent offered by the region.

The market commenced on a positive note this week continuing positive streak from last week. During the week commercial banks remained attractive on anticipation of robust results.

Furthermore, three month low COVID-19 cases were reported which improved investor sentiment. Moreover, loans worth USD 505 million received during the week with the Pak Rupee/Parity settling at PKR 166.98/USD, also kept the momentum high.

Along with this, PKR 168 billion were raised in Treasury bill auction, with yields going up due to postponement in SBP’s monetary policy to Sep’20. The market closed at 39,258 points, gaining 1,650 points (+4.4 percent) WoW.

Sector-wise positive contributions came from i) Commercial Banks (482 points), ii) Cement (285 points), iii) Power Generation & Distribution (113 points), iv) Technology & Communication (111 points), and v) Automobile Assembler (109 points). Whereas negative contributions came from Food & Personal Care (12 points) and Vanaspati (1 points). Scrip-wise positive contributions were led by LUCK (148 points), BAHL (103 points), HBL (99 points), TRG (95 points), and HUBC (77 points).

Foreign selling continued this week clocking-in at USD 9.7 million compared to a net sell of USD 9.3 million last week. Selling was witnessed in E&P (USD 5.1 million) and Power & Distribution (USD 1.0 million). On the domestic front, major buying was reported by Mutual Funds (USD 11.3 million and Companies (USD 2.2 million).

Average volumes settled at 390 million shares (down by 6 percent WoW) while average value traded clocked-in at USD 101 million (up by 4 percent WoW).

July 31, 2020
Tax collection from salaried persons surges by 68 percent

KARACHI: The collection of income tax from salaried persons registered 68 percent growth during July – March 2019/2020 due to upward revision in tax rates on various salary slabs, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported in its Third Quarterly Report on Pakistan Economy issued on Thursday.

The collection under this head increased to Rs89.7 billion during July – March 2019/2020 as compared with Rs53.5 billion in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year.

The SBP attributed the rise in tax collection from salary to upward revision in tax rates on various salary slabs.

The central bank said that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs41.3 billion as advance tax on telephone/mobile phones during July – March 2019/2020 showing around 7-time higher than the collection of Rs5.3 billion in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year.

The advance tax collection was remained suspended in 2018/2019 which resulted in nominal collection in the same year. However, after the resumption of collection granted by the court resulted in phenomenal growth.

The advance tax collection from imports registered negative growth of 8 percent to Rs155 billion during July – March 2019/2020 as compared with Rs168.2 billion in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year.

The decline in revenue collection was mainly due to slowdown in the economy in the start of the fiscal year 2019/2020 which resulted in fall in country’s import bill during the period. However, this impact was further worsened following the coronavirus pandemic.

The FBR also witnessed 52.5 percent decline in advance tax collection from cash withdrawal during the period under review. The revenue authority collected Rs12.7 billion during first nine months of the fiscal year 2019/2020 as compared with Rs26.8 billion in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year.

The SBP report stated that with the abolishment of advance tax on banking transaction for filers in Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019, the collection from cash withdrawal declined by 52.5 percent during Jul-Mar FY20 as compared to a rise of 7.8 percent in the review period.

Collection from contracts grew by 5.5 percent during Jul-Mar FY20 in contrast to a decline of 15.3 percent in the corresponding period last year.

This is largely due to higher PSDP releases during the period under review.

July 31, 2020
Pakistan Customs makes seizure of smuggled goods worth Rs3.8 billion in July

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs has achieved a significant milestone by seizing smuggled goods worth Rs3.8 billion in July 2020, marking a 143 percent increase compared to the same month last year, according to a statement released on Thursday.
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July 30, 2020
Revenue collection registers 27pc growth in first month of 2020/2021

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started the fiscal year 2020/2020 with 27 percent growth in revenue collection for July 2020.

The FBR collected Rs300 billion in July 2020 as compared with Rs236 billion in the same month of the last year, according to provisional figures released by the FBR on Thursday.

Another significance of the monthly collection, the FBR has surpassed the assigned target for the month of July 2020 by Rs57 billion.

The revenue collection target for the month was set at Rs243 billion. However, with the improved economic activities after ease in lockdown the FBR managed to reach Rs300 billion mark, which is 125 percent of the target.

The Inland Revenue overshot the target by Rs52 billion, whereas the Customs Wing exceeded the target by Rs5 billion.

To redress the hardships of the business community caused by Covid-19, an unprecedented amount of refunds to the tune of Rs15 billion have been disbursed during July 2020, as compared to refunds of Rs.7 billion during July 2019.

Sales Tax refunds are being issued under centralized and automated system called FASTER which is clearing refunds to exporters within 72 hours for the first time as committed by the Government in July, 2020.

This has facilitated the exporters and the industry easing off their liquidity crunch.

According to the official figure, total customs duty collected during July, 2020 is over Rs. 42 billion which is 6 percent higher than that collected in same period of July 2019. This is despite the fact that there is less than 1 percent growth in import values during this period.

The higher growth in FBR revenues is primarily on account of better supervision and improved administrative controls despite economic conditions caused by Covid-19 during which the country mostly remained in lockdown state.

The revenue trajectory also beat the adverse impact of governments’ import compression policy.

FBR is also engaging with trade and industry to mitigate their genuine grievances.

FBR is proactively reaching out to Trade and Industry and resolving their issues. FBR has also launched an unprecedented crackdown on corruption dismissing and suspending about a dozen officers and officials only during the month of July 2020.

July 30, 2020

FBR suspends 41 customs officials under disciplinary action

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday suspended 41 officials of Pakistan Customs Department for a period of three months with immediate effect.

Following inspectors of BS-16 have been suspended:

S.#	Names & Designation	Present Posting
1	Rehamtullah Khan, Inspector	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
2	Shehzada Aamir, Inspector	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
3	Mehmood -ul-Hassan, Inspector	Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar
4	Mir Zaman, Superintendent	MCC, (E&C), Peshawar
5	Amjad Maqbool Butt, Inspector	Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar
6	Irshad Akbar, Inspector	Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar
7	Azeem Khan Marwat, Inspector	Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar
8	Sagheer Baig, Inspector	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
9	Azhar Jalil, Appraising Officer	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
10	Zia Ur Rehman, Inspector	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
11	Abdur Rahim, Inspector	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
12	Anika Malik, Appraising Officer	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
13	Ms. Faiqa, Appraising Officer	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
14	Saima Sweety, Appraising Officer	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
15	Muhammad Arshad, Inspector	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
16	Muhammad Junaid, Inspector	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
17	Gulzar Muhammad, Inspector	MCC, (A&F), Peshawar
18	Zafar Iqbal Joota, Inspector	MCC, (E&C), Multan (posted at MCC, AIIA), Lahore.
19	Muhammad Ali Jamali, S/o Hazoor Bakhsh, Inspector	MCC, Gwadar
20	Mashooq Ali, Inspector	MCC, (JIAP), Karachi
21	Muhammad Ali Jamali, S/o Wahid Bakhsh, Inspector	MCC, Gwadar
22	Saeed-uz-Rehman, Inspector	MCC, Hyderabad
23	Manzoor Ahmed Khoso, Senior Preventive Officer	MCC, (E&C), Karachi
24	Saddam Hussain Bhalkani, Preventive Officer	MCC, (E&C), Karachi

The following officials of Customs Department are placed under suspension under Rule 5(1) of the Government Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 1973, for a period of three months with immediate effect:-

S.#	Name and Designation	Present Posting
1	Haji Abdullah Achakzai, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
2	Abdul Ghani, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
3	Kala Khan, Havaldar	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
4	Muhammad Javaid, S/o Ali Bahadur, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
5	Abdul Sattar Bangulzai, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
6	Abdul Kabeer, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
7	Muhammad Sarwar, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Quetta
8	Lehna Khan, Sepoy	MCC, Gwadar
9	Saeed Ahmed Mirwani, Sepoy	MCC, Gwadar
10	Ravi Lal, LDC	Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar
11	Manzoor Hussain, LDC	Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar
12	Rana Muhammad Ashraf, Havaldar	MCC, (E&C), Multan
13	Muhammad Asad, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Multan
14	Muhammad Yousaf, Sepoy	MCC, (E&C), Multan
15	Sajjad Ali Memon, Sepoy	MCC, Hyderabad
16	Hamzo Khan, Sepoy	MCC, Hyderabad
17	Ghulam Shabir Ahmed Bhutto, Sepoy	MCC, Hyderabad

July 30, 2020

FBR transfers IRS officers of BS-16-20

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday notified transfers and postings of BS-16 to BS-20 officers of Inland Revenue Service (IRS) with immediate effect and until further orders.

The FBR notified transfers and postings of following officers:

01. Mohammed Nasser Janjua (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (IR-Analysis) (IR-Operations Wing) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Commissioner-IR, (HRM) Regional Tax Office III, Karachi.

02. Muhammad Abid (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (IR-Formations) (IR-Operations Wing) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

03. Ms. Yasmeen Fatima (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (TPA) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post Chief, (Inland Revenue Operations) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

04. Abdul Hafeez Nizamani (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Commissioner Inland Revenue (Zone-I) Regional Tax Office, Hyderabad from the post of Commissioner-IR, (zone-II) Regional Tax Office, Sukkur.

05. Ijlal Ahmed Khattak (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (Revenue & Operations) (IR-Opertaions Wing) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation (Inland Revenue), Islamabad.

06. Tariq Hussain Sheikh (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Commissioner Inland Revenue (Zone-II) Regional Tax Office, Sukkur from the post of Chief, (Reforms & Implementation) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

07. Ms. Rezwana Siddiqui (IT Cadre/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (OPS) (IT) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Chief, (OPS) (IR-Analysis) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

08. Ms. Uzma Munir (Inland Revenue Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as SA to Member (IR-Operations), FBR (HQ), Islamabad from the post of Secretary, (Taxpayers Audit) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

09. Naveed Ali Narejo (Inland Revenue Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Secretary, (IR-Jurisdiction) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Additional Commissioner-IR, Corporate Regional Tax Office, Karachi.

10. Sultan Muhammad Nawaz Nasir (Inland Revenue Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Peshawar from the post of Secretary, (Revenue & Budget) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

11. Ms. Amra Sarwar (Inland Revenue Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Secretary, (Taxpayers Audit) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of SA TO Member (IR-Operations), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

12. Asad Aziz (Inland Revenue Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Secretary, (Revenue & Budget) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Additional Commissioner-IR, Regional Tax Office, Sargodha.

13. Zubair Khan (Inland Revenue Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Secretary, (S.T) (IR-Operations Wing) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Additional Commissioner-IR, Large Taxpayers Unit, Lahore.

14. Malik Akhlaq Ahmad (AOST/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Second Secretary, (IR-Operations) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Assistant Director (Audit), Regional Tax Office, Rawalpindi.

15. Rehan Khalid (AOST/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director (Audit), Regional Tax Office, Rawalpindi from the post of Second Secretary, (IR Operations) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

16. Hammad Hussain Jaffari (Inland Revenue Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Second Secretary, (TPU) (IR-Operations Wing) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Deputy Commissioner-IR, Regional Tax Office, Faisalabad.

17. Arafat Faiz Rasool (Sales Tax Department/BS-16) has been transferred and posted as Second Secretary, (IR-Operations) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Senior Auditor, Regional Tax Office, Islamabad.

18. Bilal Afzal (Sales Tax Department/BS-16) has been transferred and posted as Senior Auditor, Regional Tax Office, Islamabad from the post of Senior Auditor, (IR-Operations Wing) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

The FBR said that the officers who are drawing performance allowance prior to issuance of this notification shall continue to draw this allowance on the new place of posting.

July 30, 2020
FBR reshuffles BS-19-20 customs officers

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday announced major reshuffle and notified transfers and postings of senior Customs officers of BS-19 and BS-20 with immediate effect and until further orders.

The FBR notified transfers and posting of following officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS):

01. Muhammad Asghar Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Rawalpindi from the post of Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad.

02. Dr. Akhtar Hussain (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Peshawar from the post of Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication), Faisalabad.

03. Fayyaz Anwar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) who is currently posted as Director, Directorate of Internal Audit-North (Customs), Islamabad, has been directed to look after the charge of Director, Directorate of Post Clearance Audit(Central), Lahore.

4 Ms. Zeba Azhar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Reforms and Automation (Customs), Karachi from the post of Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi.

05. Khalid Hussain Jamali (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication), Quetta from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Hyderabad.

06. Feroze Alam Junejo (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi from the post of Director, Directorate of Input Output Coefficient Organization (South), Karachi.

07. Zahid Ali Baig (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation,FBR, Rawalpindi.

08. Rashid Habib Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Gilgit-Baltistan from the post of Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Peshawar.

09. Sami-ul-Haq (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Quetta from the post of Director, Directorate of Reforms and Automation (Customs), Karachi.

10. Asif Abbas (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) who is currently posted as Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication), Lahore has been directed to look after the charge of Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication), Faisalabad.

11. Usman Bajwa (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Multan from the post of Director, Directorate of Post Clearance Audit (Central), Lahore.

12. Amer Rashid Sheikh (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Hyderabad from the post of Director, Directorate of IPR Enforcement (South), Karachi.

13. Muhammad Akram Ch. (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (OPS) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Director, (OPS) Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Quetta.

14. Syed Faisal Saeed Bokhari (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Chief, (OPS) Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Additional Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Peshawar.

15. Sanaullah Abro (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director (OPS), Directorate General of Risk Management, Karachi from the post of Additional Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad.

16. Syed Naeem Akhtar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director, (OPS) Directorate of Internal Audit-South (customs), Karachi from the post of Additional Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Hyderabad.

17. Muhammad Tahir (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director, (OPS) Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad from the post of Secretary, Federal Board of

Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

18. Ms. Nyma Batool (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director (OPS), Directorate of IPR Enforcement (South), Karachi from the post of Additional Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement and Facilitation (East), Karachi.

19. Muhammad Saleem Memon (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director (OPS), Directorate of IOCO (South), Karachi from the post of Additional Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Hyderabad.

20. Muhammad Amir Thahim (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director, (OPS) Directorate of Transit Trade, Quetta from the post of Additional Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement and Facilitation (West), Karachi.

21. Yousaf Haider Orakzai (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director (OPS), Directorate of CBCM/FATF Cell, DG I&I-FBR, Islamabad from the post of Additional Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication), Islamabad (stationed at Peshawar). He will also look after the charge of Director (OPS), Directorate of Law and Prosecution, DG I&I-FBR, Islamabad.

22. Munib Sarwar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director (OPS), Directorate of IPR Enforcement (Central), Lahore from the post of Additional Director, Directorate of Customs Valuation, Lahore.

23. Muhammad Ismail (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as Director, (OPS) Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Gwadar from the post of Additional Director, Directorate of Transit Trade, Quetta.

The FBR said that the officers who are drawing performance allowance prior to issuance of this notification shall continue to draw this allowance on the new place of posting.

July 30, 2020
PTA lifts ban on PUBG

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday lifted ban on PUBG game after a meeting with representative of the company.

The PTA in a statement said that a meeting was held between PTA and legal representatives of Proxima Beta Pte Ltd (PB).

The PB representatives briefed the authority on response to queries raised by the PTA with respect to controls put in place by PB to prevent misuse of the gaming platform.

The authority expressed its satisfaction on measures adopted by the PB so far, and emphasized on continued engagement and a comprehensive control mechanism.

The representative of the company welcomed PTA’s feedback on the issue and assured that the concerns of the PTA would be taken into account. In addition, the company requested PTA to unban PUBG.

“Keeping in view the positive engagement and response of the company, the authority has decided to unban PUBG,” according to the statement.

On July 27, 2020 the PTA issued a detailed order regarding blocking of online game PUBG. The order was issued in accordance with Islamabad High Court’s order after a hearing conducted by PTA on July 9 and in accordance with the provisions of PECA 2016.

The PTA in the statement said that it had provided an opportunity of hearing to concerned parties including PUBG’s lawyers. As per the order of the authority, the PUBG game shall remained blocked in Pakistan.

The PTA had also approached PUBG management to inform about a suitable framework to address key concerns. No response was received from PUBG.

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