Board of Revenue (BOR) Punjab has decided to recommend disciplinary action against the revenue officers found showing laxity towards deciding revenue judicial cases of overseas Pakistanis, according to timeline given by the BOR. It was decided in a meeting held between Commissioner, Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab Afzaal Bhatti and Senior Member BOR Jawad Rafique Malik here on Friday.
Director General OPC Hassan Iqbal, Director Revenue, Ishrat Niazi as well as concerned officers of OPC and BOR were also present on the occasion. Commissioner OPC Afzaal Bhatti said that role of BOR and revenue officers at the district level is of great importance for prompt disposal of revenue judicial cases pertaining to overseas Pakistanis The BOR should therefore extend its fullest cooperation in deciding these cases. SMBR said that explicit instructions had already been issued to revenue officers of the entire province for early disposal of cases of overseas Pakistanis. However, performance of some districts staff is not up to the mark.
It was also decided in the meeting that BOR would send a formal request to Chief Secretary to hold Commissioners and DCOs conference of poor performing districts. SMBR also gave instructions to Chief Settlement Commissioner and other officials of different districts for timely disposal of such cases. Matters pertaining to verification of power of attorneys of overseas Pakistanis from Embassies and High Commissions also came under discussion during the meeting.
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