Buzdar asks taxation dept to focus on facilities to people

LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said Excise and Taxation Department should particularly focus on giving facilities to people and the role of agent-mafia in registration of motorcycles and vehicles should be eliminated. A high-level meeting was held under the chair of Usman Buzdar at his office here on Monday in which the performance of Excise and Taxation Department and proposed launch of universal number plates were reviewed.Addressing the meeting, the CM said that the Excise and Taxation Department should particularly focus on giving facilities to people and the role of agent-mafia in registration of motorcycles and vehicles should be eliminated.The agent-mafia extorts money for the registration of vehicles in collusion with the officials concerned. I will not tolerate it and this should have to come to an end now, he added. He said the department should focus on giving relief to the people and delaying tactics should be avoided. He hoped that the launch of universal number plates will help in identification of vehicles. Rush will be decreased in Lahore and Rawalpindi offices besides increasing the revenue. He said that the vehicles registration process should be made further easy to facilitate people. It is in my knowledge that file is willingly kept pending in the Excise Department. The Excise Department officials who willingly create any trouble for the people should better find any other assignment as undue delay in files’ disposal will not be tolerated now.

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