This has been specified in the FBR's procedure for electronic monitoring, tracking and tracing of production, import and supply-chain of tobacco products, beverages, sugar, fertilizer and cement.
According to the FBR, the Board shall design, furnish and establish a central control room (CCR) in the FBR House, Islamabad, or at any other control room designated by the Board.
The CCR shall be equipped with hardware, software, plasma screens, LCDs, communication and other allied equipment for viewing, analysing the movements of goods and responding in cases of alerts.
The CCR shall have necessary servers and data storage facilities to store and manage data bases for the specified goods monitored daily, with report printing capabilities. The operators at the CCR shall be able to transfer the map or any section of it to any monitor or licensee connected to the system based on pre-assigned priorities.
At the same time, the licensee shall design, furnish and establish regional control rooms (RCR) in various field formations or in any other places designated by the Board. The licensee would be the company which would provide technological solutions for the high security tax stamps and related electronic monitoring and tracking system tailored for Pakistani needs on real time basis.
The RCRs shall be connected with the CCR and equipped with the requisite infrastructure for monitoring the movement of goods and vehicles and for responding in cases of alerts, the FBR added.