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Customs Court hears 24 cases on Tuesday
LAHORE: In the Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling, different cases were scheduled for hearing on Tuesday. The Special...
Punjab Excise seizes documents of 24 vehicles
LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department’s Motor Branch Lahore, during road checking, seized documents of 24 defaulter and unregistered vehicles....
ICCI concerns over declining financing to SMEs
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry shown great concerns over the declining financing by commercial banks to Small...
Customs Court extends judicial remand of alleged smuggler
LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling approved judicial remand of an alleged smuggler and ordered...
Customs Faisalabad seizes smuggled blankets
FAISALABAD: Customs Intelligence and Investigation impounded smuggled foreign origin blankets packed in polythene bags. The market value of confiscated blankets...
LCCI’s Sheikh Arshad invites Spanish investors
LAHORE: Spain and Pakistan have a lot to offer each other’s businessmen. Therefore, the two sides should work out new...
Iran to increase gas exports to Armenia
YEREVAN: Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said that talks with Armenian officials concluded with a decision to increase gas and...
PAC takes up Ayyan Ali’s currency smuggling case
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday took up the famous currency smuggling case of supermodel Ayyan Ali...
Azerbaijan to review limit tax, customs exemption in 2017-19
BAKU: Parliamentary hearings on Azerbaijan’s Bill on State Budget 2015, launched today, have led to the first political statements. Presenting...
Pacific rim nations seal deal to create world’s largest FTA
BEIJING: Twelve Pacific Rim countries yesterday sealed a deal to create the world’s largest free-trade area, delivering US President Barack...
Iran talking with Armenia to boost electricity, gas trade
TEHRAN: Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan negotiated for rising Iran’s...
Saudi Arabia lowers crude price for Asian, USA clients
RIYADH: Crude exports from Saudi are on the rise from a 2014 low. In a rare interview with an Indian...
Russia drug squad nabs couple with ‘spices’
MOSCOW: Moscow drug squad officers and forces of the federal security service (FSB) have detained a couple, in whose car...
FTO supports FBR’s efforts to enhance capacity building of tax officials
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) supports efforts of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to enhance capacity building of tax officials....
Customs Exports working with 95 officials against 250 sanctioned strength
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate MCC Exports, Custom House, is facing acute shortage of staff since its bifurcation in 2013. Presently,...
FBR accepts voluntary retirement of two officers
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board Of Revenue (FBR) accepted voluntary retirement of two officers of Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Preventive...
Customs to launch crackdown against petrol pumps selling Iranian fuel
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs is all set to launch a major crackdown against the petrol pumps located in outskirts of the...
Smart Zone, Courier smuggling case: Customs Rawalpindi arrests two directors
ISLAMABAD: Customs Court Rawalpindi Judge Rana Aftab has ordered to cancel the bail before arrest orders of two directors of...
FIA arrests 261 human traffickers, recovers 1,012 passports
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 261 accused involved in human trafficking during different raids on 59 places...
Adjudication Faisalabad issues ONO against smuggled tyres, tubes
FAISALABAD: The Customs Adjudication has issued Order in Original (ONO) against smuggled motorcycle tyres and tubes made in Indonesia. Faisalabad...
