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 enhancement of human resources and provision of equipment/ logistics. Sources told...

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 dissatisfaction over the performance of the relevant institutions. The subcommittee, which...

Model Custom Collectorate (MCC) Islamabad raided a house near Liaqat Park Rawalpindi that functioned as a packaging venue for counterfeit drugs run by a well-known Chemist. MCC received a tip claiming the venue hosted undeclared...

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. Oxford Economics reports that 41.9% of total cigarette trade is illegal....

Pakistan Customs has issued instructions to all its field formations to verify the genuineness of all seized conveyances being used to transport smuggled goods through verification from forensic science laboratory, registration database of excise...

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a new passenger identification system at all airports in the country for the procurement and prevention of smuggling and money laundering. Pakistan Customs has launched a...

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 and gave the Sindh government till December 10 to develop...

The government is committed to end smuggling and encourage legal trade with neighbouring countries including Iran and Afghanistan, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Commerce Mirza Khan Afridi said on Monday. He was addressing a press...

Chewing of gutka (a kind of tobacco) can lead to imprisonment of one to six years in jail, according to a newly proposed bill in the Sindh Assembly on Saturday. According to the bill, selling...

In June 2019, the federal government made it mandatory for all international travelers to pay duty on smartphones being brought inside the country. Through this Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS), a total...