Federal Board of Revenue and the ‘Technology for People Initiative (TPI)’ of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) signed an MoU at FBR headquarters on Monday.
The ceremony was witnessed by Chairman FBR, Rashid Mahmood Langrial, along with other senior officials from FBR and LUMS. On behalf of FBR, Muhammad Junaid Jalil Khan, Member Customs (Operations), and on behalf of LUMS, Dr Muhammad Fareed Zaffar, Director of TPI-LUMS, signed the MoU. The MoU aims at future collaboration in the use of machine learning and data analytics.
The collaboration between Customs and TPI is aimed at enhancing the efficacy of the Customs Risk Management System to facilitate cross-border trade. This will help minimize human interface while ensuring improved regulatory compliances including yield of due revenues by enabling Customs to control mis-invoicing.
This collaboration will also extend to the design of the National Targeting Centre (NTC) aimed at profiling and targeting persons, entities, and conveyances that are involved in the movement of illicit goods. NTC is an ICT-based platform used globally for information sharing and targeting by Customs and other agencies.
The Chairman FBR emphasized closer collaboration between public sector organizations and academia for the transfer of knowledge and the development of indigenous solutions. The TPI aims to bridge the gap between academics and the public sector to stimulate a culture of research and evidence-based policymaking and provide citizens and policymakers with open access to data and research to improve transparency and accountability.
Pakistan Customs is expected to capitalize on the vast experience of TPI-LUMS which is providing custom-made technological solutions to public sector organizations on a pro-bono basis leveraging machine learning and data analytics.
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