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VI. Import / Export of Equipment/ Kit
29.
Equipment , non-consumable and consumable stores imported by
a party into Pakistan shall be subject to the following conditions: a.
Equipment and non-consumable stores will be allowed temporary
entry free of customs duty and sales tax leviable there on subject to an
undertaking (Annexure - F) being furnished by a leader of the expedition to
the effect that the equipment etc. will be re-exported out of Pakistan on
completion of mission and that no part of it will be sold or otherwise
disposed of in Pakistan, falling which duty and sales tax leviable theron
will be paid. b.
Consumable
stores and medicines will be allowed exemption from customs duty and sales
tax subject to the said undertaking (Annexure -F) being furnished by the
leader of the expedition to the effect that they will be used for the
purpose for which they that they will be used for the purpose for which they
have been imported and will not be sold or otherwise disposed off in
Pakistan failing which customs duty and sales tax leviable theron will be
paid. The un-consumed portion will be re-exported out of Pakistan on
completion of the mission. c. Above conditions shall not apply when donation of consumable stores and medicines etc. is made in Pakistan with the prior permission of the Government and for which official receipt will be issued.
30. A party shall send to Tourism Division an application in triplicate as per said Annexure - F along three copies of the list of equipment. Cost price of all the items shall also be shown on the said list. Tourism Division shall return one copy to the customs authority at the point of entry who shall clear the equipment when it arrives with a party.
31.
If some equipment is to be sent to Pakistan in advance,
Tourism Division shall be so informed. In that case one copy of the
application of the application at the said Annexure-F
along with its enclosures, shall
be handed over to a clearing and forwarding agent to be nominated for
this purpose by a party. Another copy shall be sent to the customs authority
at the point of entry. 32.
After clearance of the equipment, the local agency shall have
to arrange for its transport, storage and protection till it is handed over
to the party on arrival. He shall also pay local octroi duty, if any . He
shall be advised to contact a representative
of Tourism Division in case of difficulty.
VII.
WAGES
OF PORTERS & TRANSPORT HIRE CHARGES
33. A rough idea on wages and charges for animal and mechanical transport will be communicated to the party along with the formal permission letter.
34. Payment of wages to porters shall be made when they are discharged. However , if a porter required an advance payment ,this may be given in the presence of L.O./Guide and receipt obtained.
35. In addition to daily wages, a party shall provide to a low altitude porter free ration as per Annexure-G or money in lieu of rations ,as fixed by the Government from the day he is engaged till the day he is discharged.
36. Similarly free ration shall be provided to high altitude porter as per Annexure -H from the day he goes above 5,500 meters.
37. Except in the case of sickness/injury no wages shall be paid to a porter for a day on which he does not work. If however , a party wants to have a rest day then porter(s) shall be paid full wages etc.
38. For forced halt on bad weather days a party shall pay t porter full daily wages and rations. Decision of a leader about movement on such days shall be final. If however. L.O. feels that the weather is too bad to march. He may ask the leader to halt the party. In case of disagreement with the advice of .L.O. the leader should give in writing the reason for such disagreement.
39.
A porter marching with a party for more than seven day shall
be allowed every seventh day as holiday with full daily wages etc.
VIII.
INSURANCE:
40. A liaison officer shall be covered by an insurance Of Rs.300,000/- (Rupees three hundred thousand) only. In case of partial disablement the amount of compensation shall be proportionate to the percentage of disablement as declared by a competent authority.
41. A high altitude porter shall be insured for a sum o fRs.200,000/- (Rupees two hundred thousand) only. In case of partial disablement, the amount, of compensation shall be proportionate to the percentage of disablement as declared by a civil surgeon.
42. A low altitude porter shall be insured for a sum of Rs.100,000/-(Rupees one hundred thousands) only. In case of partial disablement, the amount, of compensation shall be proportionate to the percentage of disablement as directed by a civil surgeon.
43. Insurance cover shall be provided through a Pakistani company and Government shall help a party in getting this facility in Pakistan if so requested.
IX. MEDICAL TREATMENT
44. If in the opinion of a doctor /first aid specialist evacuation of a sick. injured porter from the mountains to a hospital in a district headquarters like Gilgit , Skardu or Chitral is necessary then the said party shall pay for his evacuation by a helicopter or other means. In case a L.O. feels that the porter is very sick and is not being evacuated, he shall ask the leader to arrange for hi s evacuation. If the leader disagrees with the advice of L.O. he shall give him in writing the reasons for such disagreement. The said statement would also need to be countersigned by the expedition's doctor/first-aid specialist.
45. A party is not responsible to pay for the evacuation and medicine treatment of a sick /injured L.O. as the same shall be born by his detailing /recommending authority.
46. During sickness /.injury in the mountains or hospitalization , a party shall pay half of the daily wages to a porter till the date it leaves the district headquarters for Rawalpindi/Islamabad.
47. Medicine facilities including surgical operation etc. are generally provided free of cost in Pakistani hospitals. Should some sickness/injuries to porters entail some expenditure, a party shall pay for the same. In case of death of a porter/cook or other hired person, the expedition would be responsible for the transportation of the dead body from the place of the casualty to the place of hiring.
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