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LAHORE: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) has impounded three trucks loaded with Iranian ceramics tiles and a passenger bus loaded...

Excise seizes documents of 460 tax defaulter vehicles in a week

LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Motor Branch has seized documents of 460 token tax defaulter vehicles in a week during...

Customs launches ‘Structure Description Module’ for import through WeBOC

bySohail Rab

KARACHI: The Directorate of Reforms and Automation (R&A) has successfully launched the “Structure Description Module” countrywide for import of consignments...

AIB of MCC-Appraisement (West) records statement of Zia’s bother in importation of banned antibiotics case

KARACHI: The authorities concerned of Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB/R&D) in its intelligence move in connection with the case of importation...

Pakistan, China building new world based on Pak-China Economic Corridor: Mamnoon

KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain Saturday said that Pakistan and China were building a new world based on Pak-China Economic Corridor....

PIA to add 5 ATR-72 aircraft to its fleet

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines has acquired five French-built ATR-72 aircraft, each with a capacity of 66 seats, on dry lease...

Mushahid orders to bring back Pakistan’s smuggled 780 turtles from Hong Kong

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan has directed the Sindh Wildlife Department Secretary to take effective measures for bringing...

ANF seizes 6.3 tons narcotics worth Rs 10.75 billion

ISLAMABAD: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) has seized 6.3 ton narcotics worth Rs 10.75 billion and apprehended nine traffickers, including two...

Pakistan sells 42.5% shares in HBL for $ 1.2 billion

ISLAMABAD: The government sold its entire 42.5 percent shares in the country’s largest private-sector bank Habib Bank Limited (HBL) for...

390 tonnes opium, 10 tonnes heroin: Iran seizes 500 tonnes narcotics in 12 months

TEHRAN: Islamic Republic of Iran has seized about 500 tonnes of narcotics during the last year, said General Ali Moayedi,...

APCAA meets Collector Surriya for early clearance of consignments

byAbul Hassan Usmani

All Pakistan Customs Agents Association to meet Collector Saleem on Monday KARACHI: A delegation of the All Pakistan Customs Agents...

Manufacturers seek more exemptions on exports in Budget 2015-16

byM. Faizan

ISLAMABAD: Manufacturers seek more exemptions from taxes on exports in the upcoming Budget 2015-16, while on the other hand, the...

Customs gets another 14-day judicial remand of ‘uncooperative’ Ayyan Ali

byCT Report

RAWALPINDI: A customs court on Saturday extended for the third time the judicial remand of supermodel Ayyan Ali in the...

Scientists found evidence of cannibalism in a particularly large, aggressive dinosaur species

WASHINGTON: Scientists have found evidence of cannibalism in a particularly large and aggressive dinosaur species that once inhabited North America,...

Chinese Customs seizes two ivory figures weight of 480g

BEIJING: Officers of Customs Office at the Airport stationed by Wenzhou Customs House (affiliated to Hangzhou Customs District) detected a...

Nawaz Rs2.61m, Shahbaz Rs5.13m, Imran Rs218,237, Fazl Rs15,688: 1,040 out of 1,169 parliamentarians file income tax returns

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued the tax directory for the year 2014, which shows that 1,040 of...

IMF chief warns mediocre growth becoming “new reality”

ISLAMABAD: Despite decreasing macroeconomic risks since last fall, the global economy continues to face a number of significant challenges, and...

French court imposes CHF1.04b fine on HSBC

BERN: HSBC has been placed under formal investigation by a French court and ordered to pay CHF1.04 billion (€1 billion)...

Exotic Goldfish species dumped in Colorado Lake posing serious threat to nature ecosystem