21 non custom paid luxury vehicles recovered from private farm near Islamabad
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At least 21 non custom paid luxury vehicles — all belonging to the Qatari royal family — have been recovered from the parking lot of a dairy farm owned by Saifur Rehman, a former chairman of the now defunct Ehtasab Bureau, DawnNewsTV reported on Tuesday.
The farm is located in Rawat, a town near Islamabad.
The 21 vehicles were part of a batch of 50 cars imported by Qatari royals three years ago for hunting purposes. The remaining vehicles are suspected to be in the use of prominent personalities, customs sources told DawnNews.
The import duty applicable on all 50 cars had been waived for a period of three months by the PML-N government via a statutory regulatory order. However, the duty was never paid and the cars never returned to Qatar, a Customs Department source told DawnNewsTV.
The Qatar Embassy in Islamabad has confirmed the ownership of the cars.
According to the source, the Customs Department suspects that some of the vehicles had been in the use of the Sharif family.
At least one of the cars was recovered from Maryam Nawaz's son, Junaid Safdar, the source said. The driver of the vehicle, who was arrested when the car was seized, had provided the tip-off about the location of the other vehicles.
The manager of the dairy farm has asked for time to provide the legal paperwork for the cars.
Customs officers have given him three days. Failure to provide legal documentation will result in the registration of a criminal case, sources within the department said.
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Sep 25, 2018 08:15pm
Great news
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Sep 25, 2018 08:17pm
So Sharif family is not that rich. They used other people car. And they are liable to check duty paid or not
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Sep 25, 2018 08:25pm
How many non customs paid luxury vehicles plying on the roads in the country with impunity with no one authorized to check and confiscate the same?
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Sep 25, 2018 08:39pm
our royal family can do anything and no one is out there to do anything about it
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Sep 25, 2018 08:47pm
Supporters of certain political party will call this insignificant and waste of time and resources.
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Sep 25, 2018 08:58pm
These Qaaris' and other Arab Nations are playing a critical role in further corrupting the Pakistani politicians. Moreover, they provide protection and cover when politicians are in troubles. This need to end. This is how the leaders of the Arab nation get away with a lot more than we ever learn and Pakistan and its people are the looser in all this. Good example is the sale of PTCL to Itesalat with 800M$ unpaid.
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Sep 25, 2018 09:12pm
Wonderful. Those 21 luxury vehicles, if allowed for three months custom-duty exemption, why no custom duty was imposed after three months? Was it a personal favour or simply negligence? A country in a financial bind cannot afford this kind of negligence.
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Sep 25, 2018 09:25pm
At the end of the day, if the root of all evils is Mr. Sharif - it appears more likely that the "administration" is trying desperately to distract everyone!
I'm still holding you to your promises PTI. Let's see when the blame game stops and you fulfill those!
Oh wait, you're fixing the financial situation by increasing the tax on employees, not increasing the tax net, you're increasing the price of gas and electricity, not reducing the spending on elite functions of the state! And oh yes, you're raising money for the dam!
Just curious again - without distracting us from the topic with how badly we've been wronged by Mr. Sharif - can you suggest to us what might happen to the money if you decide not to build the dam! Because that's kind of what you raised the money for!
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Sep 25, 2018 09:25pm
It seems as if our political leaders and rulers were acting as slaves of Arab countries. When will Pakistan become respectfully independent
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Sep 25, 2018 09:42pm
Auction them off immediately, no need to return to owner in exchange for custom duty.
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Sep 25, 2018 09:53pm
Now it will be paid full.. IK will not let any illegal things go away easily, so why not pay the taxes and stay clean and honest with Nation..
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Sep 25, 2018 09:57pm
Car recovered from Mariam Sharif's son? illegal car driven by a leaders son who has been screaming " We never did anything wrong"
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Sep 25, 2018 10:00pm
This is another glimpse of the abuse of power by ex PM Nawaz Sharif at the expense of public exchequer. What a travesty that these people are still sitting in the parliament.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:05pm
What else do you expect from the sharif family.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:06pm
So is the Government going to catch all the crooks and their collaborators? How about police check points for checking ownership and duties paid on all high end luxury vehicles in the posh areas.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:10pm
In Pakistan the influentiala and powerful of the ruling class have bee importing thousands of containers every year full of luxury items like cars,household furniture,Crockery,Bathroom fittings ,Electronics, and other items without paying a single paisa as duty.The FBR arranging this and the chief of FBR is responsible for this corruption.Please check the Palaces of ruling class and all imported furnishing items are duty free as no receipt is available.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:23pm
Tax laws and custom duty on products should be imposed fairly and across the board. It will take a long time and sustained efforts of all the people to develop a culture in Pakistan where the Rule of Law prevails.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:23pm
This government deserves respect and support because they are trying their best to correct and address all the odds by previous governments.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:27pm
PML-N, what have you been doing to this poor nation?
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Sep 25, 2018 10:35pm
The import duty applicable on all 50 cars had been waived for a period of three months by the PML-N government via a statutory regulatory order. "
Regulatory order for my personal interests = corruption. Check.
"The manager of the dairy farm has asked for time to provide the legal paperwork for the cars."
Just make sure don't use the default font.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:39pm
Good, recover the custom duties.
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Sep 25, 2018 10:58pm
Some ruling families have sold out honor to these Ayash Arabs by providing them every fair or foul means to satisfy their desires. Time to get rid of this indecent practice.
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Sep 25, 2018 11:08pm
What is going on. How are cars in Pakistan without paying custom duty. How can custom duty be waived.
Saifur Rahman and his other cohorts need to be arrested. This kind of operation cannot go on in Naya Pakistan.
Send them all to jail and throw keys away.
Shariffs it seems are always in the background. If its not Nawaz then Maryam or her son.
Send the whole caboodle to jail.
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Sep 25, 2018 11:19pm
Get money from Qataris, we need money to run this country!
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Sep 25, 2018 11:38pm
Great another round of sale open to public thanks.
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Sep 25, 2018 11:56pm
Why just Qatari vehicles? Will someone take a similar action with vehicles from KSA, UAE & Bahrain as well?
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Sep 26, 2018 12:26am
Excellent work by Customs Intelligence. Looking forward to more good news.
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Sep 26, 2018 12:52am
Qatar again involved in corruption in Pakistan.
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Sep 26, 2018 01:15am
Just confiscate the car and sell them.
Any one found with goods that have not paid duty, should be sold to the public by auction.
You not paying duty, then be ready to lose it all.
Strict laws and enforce them.
Things will change.
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Sep 26, 2018 01:16am
All illegal AdHock authority of PM or ministers should be banned by a law passed in Assembly.
These orders which act as Band Aid does not serve long term solution. Next crook Government will do the same again.
Need permanent deterrent and solutions.
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Sep 26, 2018 01:17am
put hand on the neeck
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Sep 26, 2018 01:24am
Just the tip of the iceberg.
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Sep 26, 2018 01:42am
The previous two democratic governments have truned Pakistan in to a paradise of corruption, void of rule of law, loot, plunder and money laudering by the elite class. You can't blame them as long as there are people in large numbers stupid enough to vote for them against thier own interest and that of their country..
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Sep 26, 2018 01:47am
@Rizwan. The the tax and duty is worth a lot more than those vehicles now.
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Sep 26, 2018 01:59am
Another episode of Sharif family and Qatri prince relations. This is no surprise for us.
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Sep 26, 2018 02:46am
Sharifs everywhere
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Sep 26, 2018 03:03am
Sharifs and zardari gang destroyed this country, thats the least we can say
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Sep 26, 2018 03:11am
This means, Nawaz sharif and family were exempting car duty on cars for own benefit. Such corruption at pakistan expense. Why these people are coming to hunt here. They should do it in their own country.
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Sep 26, 2018 04:22am
Ppp nd pml n destroyed the basic fabric of Pakistan....
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Sep 26, 2018 04:37am
you turn a stone and you find Sharifs with corruption ... do they have any shame left in them
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Sep 26, 2018 04:44am
How much more evidence is needed that the Sharif family is riddled with corruption and corrupt practices. The Zardari's calling themselves now Bhutto's are entrenched in corruption through Dubai and the Sharif family has corruption hidden through Qatar. Junaid Safdar driving illegally? He should be sent to jail. Another case for SC and NAB against the Sharif family to handle because lower courts are simply turn the other cheek.
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Sep 26, 2018 04:59am
Check for Qathri letter and water buffalo let us know the date of auction.
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Sep 26, 2018 05:03am
IN our face: Nawaz and Zardari gangs are looted the nation to the bones.
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Sep 26, 2018 05:24am
Naya Pakistan!!
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Sep 26, 2018 05:26am
More tax thefts by PLM-N.
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Sep 26, 2018 06:12am
Qatar is a Kingdom, the Pak Customs deviated from the SOPs, no doubt as reported the PML(N) government has extended the payment of customs dues for 3 months. Still despite lapse of time or date, Customs have no prerogative to decide for diplomatic cars fate, Customs must report the matter to foreign office for advice, the foreign office may coordinate with Qatari Embassy to settle matter amicably.
Customs must adopt right procedure.
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Sep 26, 2018 06:36am
@SHAHID SATTAR . Take a tour of DHA Karachi and you willl see Qatar number plates most expensive vehicles owned by few families are roaming free since years !!! No one is there to ever check . No surprise to the Nation. Thanks to PPP government in Sindh .
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Sep 26, 2018 07:27am
Foreign governments like Qatar are very strict in enforcing rule of the law in their own country. They are requested to respect the law of other countries also.
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Sep 26, 2018 07:40am
Great work. No one is above Pakistani law.
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Sep 26, 2018 08:06am
Time to get SR from Qatar!
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Sep 26, 2018 08:45am
Nawaz Shrief and PML-N never did anything for the benefit of Pakistan. All contracts and projects that Shrief brothers initiated were to loot our tax payers money and are done substandard ways.
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Sep 26, 2018 10:45am
What really hurts is people will still vote for Sharifs. They dont realize how badly they have been wronged and looted.
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Sep 26, 2018 11:38am
Another evidence of existence of two Pakistans, we need to make it one by ensuring rule of law and ruthless accountability of people at the top.
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Sep 26, 2018 02:29pm
Sharif family never even paid for tea and biscuits from their pockets. They have passed off everything as their own when in fact it was either stolen, looted or borrowed.
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