The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to conduct an on-site visit by the end of this month. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has assigned two extra BS-19 Customs officials to help with the on-site inspection.
Previously, a senior officer from BS-20 was also assigned to this task. In this context, the FBR has issued a notice.
According to the notification, the services of Wajid Zaman (BS-19), posted as Additional Director, Directorate of Transit Trade Peshawar, and Haleema Qasim (BS-19), posted as Additional Director, Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi, have been attached with the office of the Director, Directorate of Cross Border Currency Movement, Islamabad for the preparation of the FATF Joint Group on-site visit.
Previously, on July 27th, the FBR appointed Syed Asad Raza Rizvi (BS-20), a senior officer of Pakistan Customs, to help in the on-site visit process.
The purpose of the on-site visit is to ensure that all of the objectives on the action plan have been fulfilled in a sustainable way and that the authorities have completely implemented them.
If the on-site visit is successful, Pakistan will be removed from the grey list.
