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Smuggled archaeological artefacts returned by France reach home

"Some 512 artefacts dating back to second and third millennium BC, stolen and smuggled from Pakistan to France" have returned to Pakistan, the...

Ban on loose, smuggled cigarettes being flouted in twin cities

The ban on the sale of loose and smuggled cigarettes to underage introduced by the policy makers to reduce smoking habit among youth are...

Local Industry irked as Tyre Smuggling Continues Unabated

ISLAMABAD: The local tyre industry has expressed concern over a slowdown in the government’s crackdown against the menace of smuggling. The industry insiders have...

PTI lawmaker indicted in smuggling, tax evasion case

A Customs court in Karachi has indicted Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Muhammad Aslam Khan in a case pertaining to alleged smuggling and tax evasion,...

Govt’s stringent policies stabilised economy: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government’s stringent policies have stabilised the country’s economic situation as well as restored the confidence of the...

Rangers, Coast Guards ordered to curb smuggling of gutka, mainpuri

Expressing serious resentment over the performance of police to curb the menace of gutka and mainpuri, the Sindh High Court on Wednesday said that...

Man caught trying to smuggle illegal drugs at Lahore airport

Man caught trying to smuggle more than 6000 capsules filled with intoxicants at the Allama Iqbal International Airport today (Wednesday), ARY News reported. Security agencies...

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,...

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

View the report: Asia Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2017: Pakistan

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...