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
Philippines Customs holds rice worth P289m due to lack of NFA permit
MANILA: An estimated P289 million worth of rice shipments from Vietnam, Pakistan, and Thailand were held by the Bureau of...
Dulles Customs agents find heroin hidden in lollipops
WASHINGTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at Washington Dulles International Airport seized more than...
Sri Lanka Customs seize two containers of banned agrochemical glyphosate
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs today seized two containers containing highly toxic agricultural weedicide glyphosate, imported to the island from China....
Canada telecom regulator strengthens net neutrality rules
TORONTO: In a move seen as a victory for net neutrality advocates, Canada's telecom regulator said all data delivered online...
Chevron loses appeal against $260 mln Australia tax bill
CANBERRA: An Australian subsidiary of U.S. energy giant Chevron Corp. lost a court appeal on Friday against a 340 million...
U.S. officials arrest 3 in Sask. human smuggling case
WASHINGTON: Three arrests have been made by U.S. Customs and Border Protection stemming from human smuggling along the Saskatchewan-North Dakota...
UK retail sales fall again as rising living costs bite
LONDON: Britain’s retailers suffered a third consecutive month of falling sales in March, according to industry figures that add to...
Iran’s GDP growth stands at 6.4% to fall 4%
TEHRAN: Iran’s GDP growth stood at 6.4 percent in 2016, largely as a result of the oil sector’s bounce back,...
Turkey’s economy must embrace its remaining key anchors
ANKARA: For sure, Turkey has been at a historic turning point. Following a fairly tough year, which was full of...
Russian bank bankruptcy renders Irish bonds worthless
MOSCOW: Some $60 million (€56 million) of debt issued by a Dublin-based company for a Russian bank last November has...
Russian steelmaker Severstal says Q1 profits more than doubled
MOSCOW: Severstal, one of Russia's biggest steelmakers, said on Thursday its core earnings more than doubled in the first quarter...
Uganda registers shs790 bln surplus in export revenue
KAMPALA: Increased earnings from certain commodity exports have helped Uganda to record a surplus on its balance of payments of...
Customs rakes in n14.3bn in three months
ABUJA: Despite the downturn in the economy, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Mohammed Airport Command, Ikeja, Lagos, has announced...
Venezuela says inflation 274% last year, economists say far higher
CARACAS: Annual inflation in crisis-hit Venezuela last year reached 274 percent, according to data the central bank provided to the...
Wisconsin unemployment rate lowest since April 2000
MADISON: Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in 17 years. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday,...
Cars stolen in Spain found in Cyprus
MADRID: Police in Limassol seized four luxury vehicles that were reported stolen in Spain, it was announced on Thursday. The...
American posing as arms dealer defrauds 3 Taiwanese women
TAIPEI: An American man has been detained by police for allegedly defrauding at least three Taiwanese women who he met...
Customs officers arrest passengers with drugs
KUWAIT: Customs officers at Kuwait International Airport arrested an Arab man in possession of 14 pieces of hashish which he...
Ghani inaugurates next phase of Kamal Khan dam project
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday inaugurated phase 3 of the Kamal Khan Dam project in Chaharbarak district of Nimroz...
Qatar Airways CEO says US electronics ban ‘unnecessary’
DOHA: The CEO of Qatar Airways has questioned the need for the ban on large electronic devices on flights to...
