BMI to boost Customs’ anti-smuggling capabilities
Pakistan Customs Border Management Initiative (BMI), approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan, would give a boost to the anti-smuggling capabilities of Pakistan Customs with...
Smugglers ‘able to beat scanners’ at airports in Pakistan
The National Assembly’s subcommittee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development on Wednesday took note of the increasing incidents of drugs smuggling and expressed...
Fake drugs sold by Pakistani Chemist: Model Customs Collectorate
Model Custom Collectorate (MCC) Islamabad raided a house near Liaqat Park Rawalpindi that functioned as a packaging venue for counterfeit drugs run by a...
5 Ways How the Government Can Help Curb Illegal Cigarette Trade...
In 2018, Pakistan had emerged as the topmost country in Asia with illicit cigarette trade that amounted to a whopping 32.6 billion cigarettes annually.
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Seized conveyances used in smuggling: instructions issued to verify genuineness
Pakistan Customs has issued instructions to all its field formations to verify the genuineness of all seized conveyances being used to transport smuggled goods...
New system introduced to identify smugglers, money launderers at airport
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a new passenger identification system at all airports in the country for the procurement and...
SHC gives Sindh government till December 10 to legislate laws against...
The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the relevant authorities on Monday to continue with the on-going crackdown on the manufacture and sale of gutka...
‘Govt committed to end smuggling’
The government is committed to end smuggling and encourage legal trade with neighbouring countries including Iran and Afghanistan, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Commerce...
Chewing gutka can get you up to six years in prison,...
Chewing of gutka (a kind of tobacco) can lead to imprisonment of one to six years in jail, according to a newly proposed bill...
Taxes on Mobile Phones: Hampering Pakistan’s Digital Growth
In June 2019, the federal government made it mandatory for all international travelers to pay duty on smartphones being brought inside the country. Through...
Bid to smuggle 37kg narcotics to Punjab foiled
The police foiled a bid to smuggle 37-kilogram narcotics to Punjab, impounded a car and arrested a drugs pusher.
The police during snap checking of...
Who is responsible for the smuggling of Pakistani girls to China?
Over the last couple of months, several Chinese nationals have been arrested from the central regions of Pakistan for allegedly trying to smuggle local...
PMSA, customs seize drugs, arrest 12 smugglers
Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) and Pakistan Customs in an joint operation arrested twelve drug-smugglers and recovered drugs worth rs 2.74 billion from their...
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.
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