Importers of food and grocery items have formed an association PFIA to protect the rights of their members who believe in paying all due taxes and duties and providing the citizen quality food products. Naseem Chawla has been elected as its Chief Patron while Anjum Nisar (former LCCI President) will be the Chairman. Other office-bearers include Nafees Bari as Senior Vice Chairman, M. Ejaz Tanveer as Vice Chairman, Zeeshan Bakhsi as Joint Secretary and Ali Mattoo as Secretary.
An executive committee has also been elected which include Usman Naseem Chawla, Tariq Mattoo, Khalid Sheikh, Salman Sheikh, Imran Saleemi, Rana Akhtar, Faisal Arshad, Muhammad Nawaz & Adil Tariq. In a joint statement PFIA leadership has called upon the government to firmly curb the menace of smuggling and protect those who import food or other items through legal channels and pay full duties and taxes.
They said the smugglers are not only hurting the rightful businessmen but also depriving the national exchequer of huge revenues. They said the products imported through illegal channels could not ensure quality and consumers were also deprived of warranty or claim rights. They urged the government to launch a strict crackdown on smuggling so as the rights of the legal importers could not be snubbed and national kitty received full revenue on all the imported items.
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