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 total value of Rs 29 million. In pursuance of Federal...

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 was selling noodles having monosodium glutamate (MSG) popularly known as...

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 Khan Mahsud while commenting the operations said that before Ramazan...

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 test which is alarming to human lives. GB Health Department in...

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. A team of KPFA led by its director operations Khalid...

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 petroleum products, sources said on Friday. The sources said the tax...

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 (IAF) pilot by Pakistan. Smuggled garlic from India is openly available...

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 revenue loss in the range of Rs25 to 30 billion...

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, credible information was received, which revealed the presence of substantial...