| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Senator Rehmat Ullah Kakar alleged on Friday that he had to pay Rs 70,000 bribe and serve a dinner to Karachi custom intelligence officials to get his car cleared. The senator from Balochistan told the Senate that the custom intelligence officials booked his car in Karachi while his nephew was driving it. He alleged that the officials confiscated the car after having suspicions that the car's chassis number was tempered with. They demanded his nephew to bribe them or they would declare that the car was tempered with. Later, they took Rs 70,000 and a dinner to release the car, he added. He said when he approached the customs superintendent and protested against the injustice, the officials booked the vehicle again threatening him to either pay more money and a reception to get the clearance certificate or they would file a case against him. The senator feared that the officials could temper the chassis. Senators from the treasury and opposition benches demanded that the matter be referred to the Senate Finance Committee to rescue the senator from "corrupt" customs officials. |