According to Gulberg police, an Indian-born British national Balvant Singh of M/S B S V International, Cheethan Park Center, Sherburne Street, Manchester England signed an agreement with Orient Coating and Finishing Mills Faisalabad for the supply of goods on August 24, 1999.
First shipment was made on December 19, 1999, which was followed by second on January 18, 2000. In case of both these shipments, bank drafts were accepted for 30 days and sixty days respectively. However, at the time of maturity of the first draft, Balvant Singh sent a fax informing that goods were faulty.
He was suggested to make the payment of first container and keep the payment of second till the inspection of goods. After long arguments on phone, he agreed to make the payment with a request to extend the date.
However, Singh continued to defer the payment on lame excuses and later he avoided attending phone calls. The Pakistani exporter had paid several visits to UK but without any tangible results.
The aggrieved party contacted various organisations, including Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and approached to British Premier Tony Blair. However, on the suggestions of the Pakistani and British authorities, he decided to take the mater to the court of law for its final settlement of the dispute.
The Gulberg police had registered FIR under sections 420, 468 of PPC on the report of Malik Rizwan Anwar, Director of the company and was investigating.
Meanwhile, the complainant Malik Rizwan Anwar, Director Orient Coating and Finishing Mills Faisalabad has also expressed his reservations about the efficiency of the Export Promotion Bureau and Pakistani High Commission in Britain.
"All these forums are most non co-operative and failed to help the Pakistani exporter in getting the payments of his legal business deal", he alleged.
Faisalabad police took seven months in registration of the case for approaching the court of law in the presence of the Pakistani government's objective "Assess Justice", which is being implemented for last many years with the co-operation of International donor agencies, he concluded.