BUSINESS IMPEX versus DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CUSTOMS INTELLIGENCE AND INVESTIGATION, ISLAMABAD
Sections 168, 179 and 193 of the Constitution of Pakistan, Article 199, the applicant imports mobile phones from China under the China Free Trade Agreement Customs Authorities to seize goods, due to some discrepancies in the number of phones / models. Seizure of goods has been detected from. Forfeited, the applicant filed an appeal under Section 193 of the Customs Act, 1969, which was accepted with the order to issue goods on payment of taxable and other taxes, after the applicant paid the required tax. Customs warehouse was ordered to release the goods, the applicant was informed that duty and other taxes are liable against the applicant in Quetta Customs Collectorate and till it was stated that the legal status of the applicant was guaranteed in Quetta. No, the verdict is postponed. Before the appellate tribunal and the order has already been processed, the petitioner, who paid all tax and liability related to the imported goods, could not be denied on the occasion of the release of goods issued in Islamabad, under the circumstances.