Daewoo Terminal Sealed Over Evading Property Rent

The famous transport service Daweoo terminal was sealed in Peshawar by the Municipal department over non-payment of property rent creating problems for the commuters and cargo service users.

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Sep, 2018 ) :The famous transport service Daweoo terminal was sealed in Peshawar by the Municipal department over non-payment of property rent creating problems for the commuters and cargo service users.

An official of Peshawar Terminal office told APP that the Municipal department has sealed the terminal over evasion of property rent worth around Rs 10 million adding that earlier the terminal was also sealed in 2016 and the following year by Excise department over the non-payment of tax.

He said the Daewoo bus service was to pay 17.2 million under the head of property tax in 2016 over which its terminal was completely closed suspending all the services and operations including cargo and transport.

Daewoo is currently using its Nowshera terminal for cargo and passengers for Peshawar city.

An official of Municipal department said that Town-1 has leased out a piece of land for the terminal to Daewoo on rental basis, however the company failed to pay rent for the current year despite repeated notices ultimately resulting in the closure of the company's operation and services.

He said if the company does not pay the rent, the Municipal would recover the money while selling the bus other things present at the terminal.