Seminar on Pakistan Customs held

The seminar to create awareness and ownership about the five-year strategic plan

A seminar on the Pakistan Customs Strategic Plan 2019-2024 was organised for the officers of Pakistan Customs Central Region on Friday. Member Customs Operations, Federal Board of Revenue Dr Jawwad Uwais Agha was the chief guest on the occasion. All the officers of BS-17 and above attended the event. Speaking on the occasion, Training and Research (Customs) Director General Faiz Ahmad said that the seminar was organised to create awareness and ownership about the five-year strategic plan. Director General Post Clearance Audit Abdul Rasheed Sheikh discussed the role of strategic planning in the realm of risk management. He underlined the significance of risk management in an automated self-clearance environment where balance needs to be established between facilitation of legitimate trade and effective enforcement of laws and rules. Chief Collector Customs (Enforcement) South Dr Wasif Ali Memon explained the role of Post Clearance Audit in the overall working of modern Customs administrations. He emphasised that without strengthening Post Clearance Audit neither clearance time can be reduced nor the issue of residual risk can be addressed.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th, 2019.