Authorities have shut down 2,500 illegal petrol pumps to curub petroleum smuggling and the illegal movement of fuel.
The development was shared during a weekly meeting on Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) reforms chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Friday.
The meeting was informed that modern tech tools were used to identify and shut down 2,500 illegal petrol pumps, with legal action also taken against their operators.
The government has also introduced several digital measures to prevent the illegal movement of petroleum products.
These include GIS tagging of all legally operating petrol pumps, GPS tracking of petroleum shipments and linking oil marketing companies’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with the tracking system.
A central tracking application has also been developed for law enforcement agencies to monitor petroleum products and detect illegal movement.
Work is continuing on the digital monitoring of petroleum product sales and other measures aimed at tightening controls over the fuel supply chain.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities to further intensify action against smuggling and illegal businesses and accelerate FBR reforms to strengthen revenue collection and enforcement.
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