Pakistan Customs To Facilitate PU Faculty, Students In Modern Research

Pakistan Customs will facilitate faculty members and students of Punjab University for conducting research on modern scientific lines and study the Federal Board of Revenue trade facilitation concept being implemented across the country

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jan, 2018 ) :Pakistan Customs will facilitate faculty members and students of Punjab University for conducting research on modern scientific lines and study the Federal board of Revenue trade facilitation concept being implemented across the country.

It was decided at a meeting between PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Zakaria Zakar and Collector Customs (Appraisement) Lahore Muhammad Jamil Nasir held here at new campus on Saturday. On this occasion, the VC said that faculty, research scholars, Phd, MPhil and master students of Institute of business Administration and Institute of Administrative Science and Hailey College needed proper forum for carrying out research and practical study of various policies of Pakistan Customs.

The Collector Customs in principle agreed to facilitate the PU students in all sections of the model collectorate of customs Lahore and five additional collectors and 10 deputy collectors posted at various departments in city including at Dryports Mughalpura, Prem Nagar, Thokhar Niaz Baig would provide all sorts of assistance whatever required academically to them.

About practical exposure, the collector said that desirous faculty and students would be briefed on the spot how examination was conducted and how declaration of goods was checked and monitored.

The VC said that a joint meeting of the deans, heads of the teaching departments concerned and principal of Hailey College would be convened shortly to workout a strategy how PU could utilize this offer to maximum extent for help building confidence in students.

He also thanked the collector for this generous support and hoped in future Pakistan Customs would continue to patronize the students of the varsity. Earlier, the Collector delivered special lecture to the students of PU Institute of Communication Studies and briefed them about the overall working of the department for their knowledge.

He said that its principal function was to disperse industrial and commercial activities in the country for achieving a balanced regional growth and liquidate congestion at seaports by speeding up customs and port clearance.

He highlighted the salient features of the paperless and web-based system which, he added, was one of the best procedures that enhanced the revenue through good governance and better control coupled with speedy clearance of goods.

He said that experiment of minimal physical contacts between traders and customs proved most successful and yielded a 42 per cent growth in revenue from July-Dec 2017 of the collectorate. He added that newly recruited staff was deputed for examination and assessment of goods which was another feather in the cap while dead wood had altogether closed to desk work and other non-lucrative assignments.

Jamil Nasir said that all examination and assessment halls were equipped with modern close circuit camera and all genuine grievances of the importers and exporters were redressed on the spot by the officers concerned.

He said on the special directive of the Member Customs Muhammad Zahid Khokar, allout efforts were made to facilitate the importers and exporters with zero tolerance on corruption. The briefing was followed by the questions and answers and students asked a volley of questions depicting keen interest in direct interaction with collector.

Later, In-charge Institute of Communication Studies Dr. Nosheena Saleem and Senior Faculty Member Dr. Waqar Chaudhry thanked the collector for visiting the faculty and sharing his expertise with students and presented a bouquet to the guest.