The FBR has amended Customs General Order 12 of 2002 through a Customs General Order 7 of 2018 here on Thursday to destroy the mobile phones which are not white-listed in Device Identification Registration Blocking System (DIRBS).
The FBR has also directed the customs authorities that only confiscated phones from PTA would be auctioned by customs authorities.
The FBR has directed Collectors of Model Customs Collectorates (MCCs) here on Thursday that the field formations shall examine the confiscated/seized mobile devices (new/used) ripe for disposal to compile the information including type of mobile phone and brands, model and IMEI numbers.
The aforesaid information both in hard/soft copy shall be forwarded to the Director (Type Approval) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Headquarters, F-5, Islamabad for technical evaluation/certification and their white-listing in DIRBS. The soft copy shall be composed in the form of Excel Sheet with each row containing one IMEI only and shall be emailed at [email protected] through official email ids of the field formations.
The PTA afterwards shall issue certification in respect of mobile devices that are white-listed in the DIRBS. Thereafter, the field formations shall dispose of such mobile devices through open auction following the prescribed procedure.
The mobile devices which are not certified/white-listed by the PTA shall be processed for disposal through destruction in the manner approved by the collector/director in accordance with the regulatory requirements notified under any other law in force, as per FBR.