International Customs
Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
Vietnam FM warns customs officers to behave well to tourists
HANOI: The Ministry of Finance will impose strict sanctions and dismiss any custom officer who harasses tourists when they exit...
US Customs seizes marijuana worth $1m
ARIZONA: Federal agents seized more than a ton of marijuana worth about $1 million in an abandoned tractor-trailer rig in...
Customs staff to take leave on Thursday
BRIDGETOWN: Staff of the Customs & Excise Department will be off the job on Thursday. However, it is not because...
Norway’s oil investments seen flattening in 2016 over lower oil prices and spending
OSLO: Norway's oil and gas investments, a cornerstone in the country's economy, is seen flattening in 2016 after a year...
World Food Program Cuts Rations to Kenya by 30%
NAIROBI: Amid dwindling supplies and funding, the United Nations World Food Program, which supplies emergency rations to roughly 80 million...
Kenya visitor numbers fall 25% as terrorism hits tourism
NAIROBI: Visitors to Kenya are down 25 per cent this year as the country's tourism industry feels the effects of...
Spain CPI drops 0.2% in May
MADRID: Spain's consumer prices fell 0.2 percent in May when compared with the same month of a year earlier, according...
Zimbabwe sells 1.4 mln carats of rough diamonds worth 75.92 mln locally
HARARE: Zimbabwe sold 1.4 million carats of rough diamonds worth 75.92 million U.S. dollars from local tender sales in the...
Coca Cola plans to cut calories across full portfolio by 10% in six years
AMSTERDAM: Coca Cola Enterprises, which bottles Coke for European countries like the UK, France, Netherlands and Belgium, has announced that...
Kuwait authorities seize heroin, hashish, 56 narcotic pills
KUWAIT CITY: A GCC national and an Egyptian were arrested in Abu Halifa area in possession of drugs including 56...
Econet secures cash remittances deal in Zimbabwe
HARARE: The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has given Zimbabwe’s biggest telecommunications company, Econet Wireless, the greenlight to start cross-border...
Multinationals plan to create centre to provide Swiss-style vocational education to young Indians
MUMBAI: Swiss multinationals established in India have declared plans to create a centre to provide Swiss-style vocational education to young Indians....
Air Customs Intelligence seizes 20 gold biscuits at Calicut airport
KOZHIKODE: The Air Customs Intelligence Wing at Calicut International Airport, Karipur, seized 20 gold biscuits weighing 2.3 kg from three...
Nepal raises concerns over India, China border trade
NEW DELHI: Nepal's Parliament raised serious objection over an agreement between India and China to boost border trade at Qiangla/Lipu-Lekh...
Finnish govt finds means to boost its economic growth
HELSINKI: An agreement with labour market organisations on wage cuts and working hour extensions is key to the efforts of...
Oman approves Sukuk issuance program from $10b to $25b
MUSCAT: A decision to raise the current limit of the Islamic Development Bank's (IDB) medium-term sukuk issuance programme from $10...
India’s Reliance industries Ltd will start commercial 4G telecommunication services
MUMBAI: India’s Reliance Industries Ltd will start commercial 4G telecommunication services by December, Chairman Mukesh Ambani said. Speaking at the...
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan agree on transit trade agreement
KABUL: The leaders of Pakistan and Tajikistan have said that early finalisation of the trilateral agreement on transit trade among Afghanistan,...
Customs foils attempt of gold smuggling at Vishakhapatnam
VISAKHAPATNAM:As a result of international flight connectivity at the Visakhapatnam airport, an increasing number of cases against illegal smuggling of...
Indian MP fears new laws will promote smuggling of artefacts
MUMBAI: India's culture minister Ma hesh Sharma has a simple solution to India's best kept secret: In the past two...
