SIALKOT: As many as 32 different posts have been lying vacant at Model Customs Collectorate Sialkot since long, putting heavy workload on the existing staff and affecting their efficiency.
According to official sources, there are 11 sanctioned posts of Appraising Officers in BPS 16, out of which eight posts have been lying vacant since long; three seats of inspectors out of total 36 seats while a post of examiner have been lying vacant at MCC Sialkot. Similarly a post of Principal Appraiser and four posts of Deputy Superintendents have also been lying vacant at MCC Sialkot. Besides each post of superintendent and steno typist, four posts of head clerk, five posts of sepoy and one each post of assistant private secretary and driver have been lying vacant at MCC Sialkot. There are 17 posts of LC clerks against which 21 LD clerks have been deputed at the collectorate while eight superintendents are deputed at MCC Sialkot against five sanctioned posts.
Sialkot based exporters, importers, customs and cargo clearing agents and freight forwarders have urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to ensure early recruitment against these vacant posts to improve working of the MCC Sialkot. They stressed that the existing strength of officials and officers were suffering heavy workload and the appointment on these posts would not only ease their burden but would also build capacity of the staff and improve their efficiency.
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