KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has submitted a 100-page reply in the Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I in tax evasion case.
Sources informed Customs Today that Customs Adjudication-I Collector Dr Farid Iqbal Qureshi had fixed the hearing of PTCL tax evasion case for 24 November.
The collectorate in the last hearing on 13 October asked the departmental representative of PTCL to present complete contract order of the import of the telecommunication equipments.
The hearing was also attended by Saudul Hasan, the departmental representative of Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation.
The collectorate has not given the next hearing date in this regard.
The Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement-West had unearthed massive mis-declaration worth billions of rupees by the PTCL in clearance of telecommunication equipment, causing huge financial losses to the national exchequer.