Daily Times

Minister for Information Shaukat Yousafzai Tuesday said Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department is a revenue collecting department working as a backbone of the provincial economy.

He was addressing a press conference regarding one-year performance of Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department accompanied by Excise Secretary Zafar Ali Shah and Director General Syed Fayyaz Ali Shah were present on the occasion.

He said during financial year 2018-19, performance of the department achieved a new milestone, the staff including officers and officials worked with utmost dedication to achieve the targets assigned to them.

The minister information said the department showed exceptional performance in 103% recovery of taxes.

He explained that the department recovered Rs 3,447 million against a target of Rs 3364 million.

Shaukat Yousafzai further said the highest achieved target was 92%. However, 100% figure has only been surpassed in the current financial year 2018-19 which is a sign of good governance and team management.

He elaborated that recovery of Rs 3.447 billion is also the highest amount ever achieved which is 20% above the last year.

He termed the Excise the only revenue generating department this year which has achieved remarkable target of above 100 percent.

Talking about narcotics seizure, he revealed that the said department made substantial progress in the seizure of narcotics during the fiscal year 2018-19 where value of seized drugs was about Rs 1.8 billion in the international market.

He said under the motto of ease of doing business Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department has recently introduced one day vehicle registration in which registration books are printed and delivered to the motor vehicle owner on the same day which greatly facilitates the motor owners.