ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has put the names of Smart Zone directors Asghar and Latif Hakeem on the Exit Control List (ECL) on the request of Customs Intelligence and Investigation.
The customs intelligence is probing the TCS and Smart Zone for their alleged involvement in smuggling under the garb of Afghan Transit Trade.
The customs intelligence has also issued notices to the shopkeepers and wholesalers who received non-duty paid electronics. Shopkeepers and traders have submitted their replies in this regard, but the department has declared them unsatisfactory.
Imported phones taxed at 54%, locally assembled devices at 25%, NA committee told
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance has raised concerns over the high tax burden on mobile phones and...







