KP CM directs ET&NC department to modern tax collection system.

PESHAWAR -- Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department to modernize the tax collection system by introducing E-Initiatives so as to extend the maximum facilitation to taxpayers.

He issued these directives while chairing a progress review meeting of the Excise department here on Tuesday. Advisor to CM on Excise and Taxation Mian Khaleeq-ur-Rehman, Principal Secretary to CM Amjad Ali Khan, Secretary Excise and Taxation Adeel Shah and other concerned senior officials attended the meeting.

The chief minister also directed the authorities concerned to undertake a comprehensive review of all prevailing laws and rules and propose necessary amendments to bring them at par with contemporary needs.

He said that provincial government was committed to root out the menace of drugs in the province, adding that all available resources will be utilized to safeguard the younger generation against this nuisance.

While briefing the meeting on the reform initiatives of the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department, it was informed that under the Universal Number Plate Initiative, 5000 Universal Number Plates have been issued whereas the issuance of additional 35,000 Number Plates is in progress.

The participants were also briefed about the steps taken for Narcotics Control and it was told that as per the instructions of the provincial government, the department had tightened the noose around the drug peddlers and drug smuggling.

During the last one month, 40 cases have been registered against drug traffickers and peddlers, 50 accused arrested while 33 vehicles used in narcotics smuggling have been seized.

Similarly, in the same period, 246 Kg of hashish, 60 Kg of heroin, 104 Kg of opium and around 10 Kg of crystal meth (ice) were also confiscated. As per the instructions of the chief minister, intelligence-based targeted operations were being carried out for narcotics seizures.

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