Karachi, June 28, 2018 (PPI-OT): Provincial Caretaker Minister for Irrigation, Inter Provincial Coordination, Public Health Engineering, Rural Development, Excise and Taxation Mushtaq Ahmed Shah has asked Excise and Taxation Department Sindh to send property tax challans through a reputed courier service or UMS to the houses in order to improve property tax collection and keep property tax reasonable so that the people may afford it. This he said while presiding over a meeting here in committed room Sindh Secretariat Building on Thursday. Secretary ET and NC Ajaz Ahmed Mehaser, Director Generals Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui and Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui and all regional directors also attended the meeting.
He also suggested to send SMS to property tax defaulters so that they might get alert to pay the taxes. The Caretaker minister Mushtaq Ahmed Shah was of the opinion that the sub registrar offices should be bound to ask the people concerned to produce paid property tax certificate at the time of property transfer adding that he said that it would definitely improve tax collections. It was also decided in the meeting that choice number series should go together with normal serial number.
Mr. Shah also suggested to establish Executive Counters like NADRA to facilitate the tax payers. On this occasion Director General Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh briefed the caretaker minister regarding the working of Excise and Taxation Department Sindh. The Director General Narcotics Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui told the chair that the check posts at boarders were doing good job and usually 200 to 250 cases regarding narcotics were detected per year.
The caretaker minister Mushtaq Shah assured that proper training would be arranged for the officers/officials of the ET and NC department to enable them to meet the challenges of the changing circumstances. It was decided that from grade 14 to onward staff in Narcotics wing would be recruited through Sindh Public Service Commission.
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