ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs has withheld 150 consignments of cell phones due to inability of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to provide clearance report.
Furthermore, Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation -Customs has started looking into matters pertaining to clearance of cell phones imported from China during the previous one month.
Sources said that customs department started the investigation due to clearance of consignments on fake PTA No Objection Certificate (NOC).
Security agencies have reported several times that the EMI numbers of cell phones imported from China are not checked properly due to which they cannot be quantified. For the same reason law enforcement agencies face difficulty in tracing or shutting down the cell phones used in terrorist activities, extortion, street crimes, etc.
