Ombudsman to inspect excise office over public complaints

ISLAMABAD: An inspection team from the Wafaqi Mohtasib’s Office is scheduled to visit the Excise and Taxation Office in Islamabad today (Monday) to look into the growing number of public complaints of maladministration in the said office.

Wafaqi Mohtasib Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi, responding to a large number of public complaints regarding delay and difficulties in getting vehicle registration, vehicles’ tax assessment and examination, constituted an inspection team to be headed by his senior advisor to conduct a thorough probe into the matter.

The complaints pointed out malpractices in the Excise and Taxation Office with agent mafia working actively there, causing great inconvenience to the public.

The inspection team would listen to the public complaints on the spot before finalising its recommendations for finding a workable solution in coordination with the administration of the ETO office.