164 properties sealed for non-payment of property tax

The Excise and Taxation Department has sealed 164 commercial and residential properties during last two days for non-payment of property tax.

According to Excise and Taxation Department spokesman, the city has been divided into four sectors and special squads comprising 23 inspectors, under the supervision of Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) Riaz Qureshi, are conducting raids and the properties of tax defaulters are being sealed. He said, on the directives of authorities concerned, now cases would also be registered against the defaulters.

He informed that the department also recovered property tax arrears amounting to over Rs 1.7 million during two days. The properties whose owners had not submitted their property tax dues were sealed in different areas.

During its special campaign launched on the directive of Excise Director Ashiq Hussain, the department is also checking vehicles in the division and recovering dues of token tax. Strict action in accordance with the law is being taken against the defaulters, he added. He urged the owners of properties and vehicles to pay their property taxes and vehicles token taxes at the earliest otherwise strict action against the defaulters would be taken under the law.