Pakistan in danger of losing its rare artefacts
KARACHI: Pakistan is just 70 years old, but it is situated in a region that had been home to the centuries-old civilisations like Mehrgarh,...
PHC wants illegal cattle trade with Afghanistan to stop
PESHAWAR: The top court of the province on Wednesday halted the illegal trade of sacrificial animals with neighbouring Afghanistan.
This was directed on Wednesday by...
Rangers arrest four suspects involved in street crime in Karachi
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers claimed to have arrested four suspects from different areas of Karachi on Sunday. They were allegedly involved in robberies, street crime and...
Growers oppose massive cut in tobacco duty
PESHAWAR: The growers have opposed massive cut to the advance tax on tobacco insisting the government’s move will encourage the black marketing of the...
غیرقانونی سگریٹس بنانیوالوں سے ہمیں نقصان ہو رہا ہے ، مشفق...
کاشتکاروں کی تنظیموں کو حکومت پر دبائو ڈالنے کیلئے استعمال کیا جا رہا ہے ، پریس کانفرنس
اسلام آباد (اپنے رپورٹرسے ) خیبر پختونخوا سے...
Purchase of tobacco: FBR cautions against move to withdraw adjustable tax
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has cautioned that any move to withdraw adjustable tax on tobacco purchase would have serious negative implications on...
Tobacco growers stand divided on implementation of advance tax
ISLAMABAD: While a group of tobacco growers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) kept protesting against advance tax introduced in the budget 2019-20, another group, which...
Third-tier structure abolished: Gap between documented, illicit brands of cigarettes widens
After abolition of the third-tier in budget (2019-20), the minimum price of legal brand of cigarette pack now stood at Rs 75-165 per pack...
Customs Seizes Rs.100 Million Smuggled Cloth in Lahore Raid
Lahore: The Pakistan Customs Collectorate Preventive team raided a godown in Lahore, seizing imported cloth weighing 60 tons, worth approximately Rs100 million.
Jawwad Owais Agha,...
Betel nuts, foreign cigarettes worth Rs 29 million seized
The Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad on Tuesday made a major seizure of 11400 kg of betel nuts and different brands of foreign cigarettes having...
KPFSA seizes stock of noodles containing banned salt
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halaal Food Authority (KPFSA) on Tuesday sealed a food company’s distribution outlet over noncompliance with food safety standards.
The brand...
KPFA seals unit, discards 0.15 million litres of counterfeit drinks
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Authority on Tuesday sealed a famous brand's distribution outlet over noncompliance with food safety standards. Director General KP Food Authority Riaz...
Asia Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2017: Pakistan
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Counterfeit medicines supply
Sir: Gilgit-Baltistan Public Accounts Committee in its assembly brought the matter forth that medicines to all the government hospitals are supplied sans undergoing the laboratory...
Over 1500 packs of counterfeit powdered milk seized
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority (PKFA) seized more than 1500 packs of counterfeit powdered milk during a crackdown, here on Saturday....
FBR constitutes team to check smuggled oil
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has launched monitoring of oil marketing companies (OMCs) through a special team to curb use of smuggled...
Smuggling of vegetables resumes after de-escalation between Pakistan, India
LAHORE : Vegetable smuggling from India has resumed as tensions de-escalated between the two hostile neighbours following the release of captured Indian Air Force...
FBR opposes ‘sin tax’ on tobacco industry
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has advised against imposition of sin tax on the tobacco industry, arguing that it would cause substantial...
Huge quantity of smuggled LEDs, tyres confiscated
Model Customs Collectorate (MCC), Preventive on Monday claimed to have confiscated substantial quantity of smuggled LEDs and tyres from Saddar area. According to details,...
Police foil bid to smuggle 60,000 litres of Iranian diesel in...
The Crime Investigation Agencry (CIA) foiled a smuggling bid in Hub early Friday morning. They seized 60,000 litres of Iranian diesel and three kilogrammes of charas...
Bid to smuggle 106 containers of Indian cloth foiled in Karachi
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle 106 containers of clothes from India, ARY News reported.
The FBR...
Two held with 30,000 liters smuggled Iranian diesel in Karachi
KARACHI: The police on Saturday foiled an attempt to transport smuggled Iranian diesel and arrested two culprits involved in the matter.
According to the details, the...
Sale of smuggled Iranian, chemically produced fuel rampant
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A part of the national highway between Sadiqabad and Zahirpir has been a hub of smuggled Iranian petrol and diesel for...
PTA initiates phone identification system to combat counterfeit devices
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday initiated the Device Identification Registration & Blocking System (DIRBS) system to combat use of “counterfeit mobile phone...
Smuggling of substandard oil goes unchecked
RAHIM YAR KHAN:
Check posts established to prevent smuggling on routes coming in from Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan have been left abandoned, allowing supply of...
Iran to cap petrol sales to curb smuggling to Pakistan, other...
TEHRAN: Iran is reintroducing fuel cards that will cap petrol purchases in a bid to combat rampant smuggling, state media reported on Tuesday.
Smuggling has...
Tyre company asks FBR to rein in smuggling
LAHORE: A local tyre manufacturer has requested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman to take measures to curb the smuggling of tyres into...
Cigarette smuggling: Two more check posts being set up, Senate panel...
The Federal Board of Revenue Tuesday informed the Senate Special Committee on Tobacco Taxation that the FBR is taking effective measures to check inflow...
