Noose tightened around fake make-up producers

LAHORE: The government has proposed penalties of up to Rs1 million for manufacturing and selling substandard, adulterated and counterfeit cosmetic products. The Government of Punjab...

Fake Medicines in Pakistan are a Crime Against Humanity: PMA

A meeting of the Pakistan Medical Association held at the PMA House took serious notice of the news of an American broadcast in which...

Illegal Wildlife trade: 7 Species You Didn’t Know Are Endangered

When one thinks about illegal wildlife trade, pictures of elephant and rhinos poached and hunted for their ivory and horns come to everyone's minds....

5 Ways To Help Prevent The Illegal Wildlife Trade

The United Nations has estimated that worldwide illegal wildlife trade is worth $7 billion to $23 billion a year. Thus, becoming one of the...

Illegal Mining going on in 16 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Districts

PESHAWAR: Illegal mining is going on unabated across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. An official report revealed that illegal mining of sand, crush, stones, nephrite, granite, phosphate,...

Fake Fashion 101: How to Spot Designer Knock-Offs

The replica fashion industry is worth $600 billion. Known as fake fashion, these knock-offs are products that look exactly like a high-fashion brand, but...

5 Dangerous Counterfeit Products You Should Never Buy

Counterfeit items are low-quality imitations of original items. While the products may look alike, they differ in quality to the original products. The money...

Illegal Sneakers Trade: Who is Responsible For It?

The counterfeit goods market causes a loss of approximately $500 billion every year, this amounts to 3.3% of world trade. These are the numbers...

Illegal Trade: All You Need to Know About ‘SuperFake’ Luxury Watches

Counterfeit products have gained popularity and exposure in the past few years. Cheap watch suppliers, replica designer clothing, branded shoes and many more products...

Illegal Trade: Counterfeit Luxury Handbags and How to Spot Them

Most of the people today are totally unaware of the issues behind the business of illegal fashion goods, particularly with designer handbags, clothing and...

All You Need to Know About Counterfeit Makeup!

Women and makeup go hand in hand and as a consumer, there is nothing like getting your hands on the latest beauty product being...

Covid-19: Beware of Counterfeit Products Taking Over The Market

The world is going through the Coronavirus pandemic, various countries including Pakistan are now on a lockdown in order to curb the further spread...

Illegal Trade: Fake Pakistani Branded Outfits Flooding the Markets!

The biggest black market in today's time is the sale of illegal goods. Every-time you come across a haul of fake designer goods you...

ANF foils bid to smuggle heroin

Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) team thwarted a drug smuggling bid and seized 15 kilograms of heroin at Rawalpindi airport, on Friday. According to official sources, the...

FBR launches crackdown on counterfeit cigarette sellers

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Monday launched a crackdown against the traders/businessmen involved in selling of counterfeit cigarettes, but also started nationwide awareness...

Customs recover smuggled items worth over Rs 10 mn

Pakistan Customs on Thursday raided a warehouse in Kuchlak area of Balochistan province and recovered a huge quantity of smuggled items, ARY NEWS reported. According...

PIA flight attendant caught smuggling gold from Lahore airport

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant was suspended on Wednesday after she was caught smuggling hundreds of thousands of rupees worth of gold from...

Navy offers Sri Lanka help in fighting drug trafficking, human smuggling

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi on Wednesday completed his five-day official visit to Sri Lanka aimed at strengthening naval ties...

Iran’s November Gas Price Hike Fails to Ease Fuel Smuggling to...

Iran’s Islamist rulers, who sparked deadly domestic unrest by raising gas prices in November, say their controversial move also has failed to ease fuel...

How to Know if a Product is Counterfeit

As technology has advanced, products that are fake and illegal have also become tricky to spot. Counterfeit products have become widely available in markets, and...