The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) will file a fresh reference to seek permission from the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for selling 0.1 million bottles of confiscated liquor to the embassies of non-Muslim countries. Official sources told Business Recorder here on Monday that the Council had turned down an earlier reference. However, the tax authorities intend to file another reference, keeping in view the huge quantity of liquor.
The decision to destroy the liquor is not serving the purpose as it was transferred to other containers before destruction and the original bottles, filled with coloured water, were being destroyed. Secondly, the confiscated liquor was consumed before the order of destruction.
The CBR is considering three options for the disposal of the confiscated liquor. One, the liquor could be re-exported. Two, the confiscated liquor be handed over to diplomatic bonds, which are allowed to sell liquor. Three, it may be sold to the embassies of non-Muslim countries.
In this connection, the proposal for permission to dispose of confiscated liquor to the embassies of non-Muslim countries and diplomatic bonded warehouses will be again taken up with CII.
The Council may guide whether the decision of destruction of liquor could be changed into exercising any of these three options.
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