The confiscated liquor will be offered to non-Muslims on payment of 30 percent redemption fine under the proposed procedure for the 'disposal of liquor'. Sources told Business Recorder on Friday that the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) would shortly issue new rules for the disposal of confiscated liquor through a notification.
Currently, 100 percent of confiscated liquor is liable to destruction. The new procedure will be issued keeping in view the recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).
It has been decided that the Directorate General, Intelligence and Investigation, Customs and Excise would be engaged to supervise the exercise in co-ordination with the Board.
Under the proposed mechanism, if the liquor is recovered from Muslim, it would be destroyed. On the other hand, if the liquor is recovered from non-Muslims, it may be sold to him on payment of fine.
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