Governor urges customs to resolve litigation issues, ‘release’ containers
KARACHI: Governor Sindh Imran Ismail on Wednesday urged the Pakistan Customs to resolve litigation issues and release around 8000 containers, stuck at ports for...
FBR unearths ‘biggest tax fraud’
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has claimed that it has busted the first biggest tax fraud of billions of rupees by tampering...
Zero-rating regime for pharma sector: Drug prices should come down by...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed Friday said that the prices of the medicines should come down by 15-20...
Tyre smuggling costs Rs40b revenue loss
LAHORE: Industry stakeholders have claimed that the growing budget deficit of Pakistan can be controlled by curbing the smuggling of goods, which is dealing...
‘New’ taxes to hurt auto industry, national economy: experts
LAHORE: While the government has imposed new taxes on the auto sector through mini-budget to control the widening trade deficit, experts believed these taxes...
Anti-smuggling operations in Balochistan
Balochistan is one of the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area covering 347,190 km area whereas it is the most sparsely populated...
Narcotics worth Rs115m seized at Torkham border
ISLAMABAD: Building further on its countrywide anti-smuggling operations, Pakistan Customs (FBR) has seized narcotics worth Rs 115 million at Torkham, Pak-Afghanistan border.
The contraband items...
‘Illicit cigarettes inflicting a huge loss on national economy’
LAHORE: The illicit cigarettes in Pakistan is not only inflicting huge loss to the national kitty but also posing serious health hazards to the...
Tackling illicit trade
LAHORE: Lowering import duties or taxes has seldom reduced the quantum of illicit trade in our country, as the problem lies in the support...
Authorities failed to stop influx of illegal cigarettes from AJK
LAHORE: The authorities have failed to stop the influx of illegal cigarettes from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to other parts of the country,...
Illegal imports of tea, textile and tyres curbed
ISLAMABAD: The quantum of smuggled goods in to the country decreased during the first five months of the current fiscal year as data reported...
CRIMINAL COMMERCE
LAHORE: Informal trade in Pakistan is not limited to local merchandise only as a major chunk comes through smuggled goods that include electronics, home...
Customs conducts 1,279 operations in Sindh last year
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs with the assistance of Sindh police and Rangers conducted 1279 operations during the fiscal year 2020-21 and seized smuggled goods worth...
Confiscated goods, narcotics: ‘destruction ceremony’ held in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Collectorate of Customs, Hyderabad held a destruction ceremony of confiscated smuggled goods and narcotics at Hyderabad on 16th October.
The Collector of Customs,...
OICCI calls for radical steps to check tax evasion
ISLAMABAD: The Overseas International Chamber of Commerce and Industries (OICCI) has recommended to the finance teams working on the upcoming budget 2021-22 for seizure...
Efforts being made to promote trade: official
QUETTA: Chief Collector Customs Balochistan Mohammad Sadiq has said that all available resources are being utilised for promoting legal trade in the province with...
Experts stress tobacco verification to prevent revenue losses
KARACHI: Experts have urged the tax authorities to bring the overall supply chain of tobacco under effective tobacco control and enforcement, including a mechanism...
Steps Being Taken to Check Smuggling From Afghanistan
KOHAT: The divisional customs department since its upgradation to collectorate, Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has seized illegal goods, non-custom paid vehicles and drugs worth Rs891...
Illicit cigarette trade challenge comes under the spotlight
LAHORE: Speakers at a webinar have called for bringing the overall supply chain of tobacco under effective tobacco control and enforcement including a mechanism...
FBR’s IREN conducts operations against non-duty paid cigarettes
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)'s Inland Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN) conducted various operations against illicit, counterfeit and non-duty paid cigarettes, said a...






















