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Awarding MFN status to India to enhance Pakistani exports
SYED MOHAMMAD TAHIR LAHORE: Awarding Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India would not only provide cheap items to end...
Another step towards automated customs checks in Chicago
CHICAGO: New interactive screens at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport are helping travelers speed their way through customs by eliminating the...
Joint operation in US leads to $7.2m marijuana seizure
TUCSON: Joint enforcement operations, aimed at combating transnational criminal organisations operating in the west desert, resulted in the seizure of...
Hong Kong Customs seizes 3kg of cannabis buds
Hong Kong: Officers of the Customs Drug Investigation Bureau conducted an anti-narcotics operation in Yuen Long and seized about three...
WCO workshop on Customs Valuation
DUSHANBE: The World Customs Organisation (WCO) organised a three-day workshop recently in Dushanbe, on the customs value for the officials...
Formal listing of Lalpir Power Ltd at LSE from 20th
LAHORE: Lahore Stock Exchange has approved the application for formal listing and quotation of shares of Lalpir Power Ltd on...
Reforms in tax collection system to increase revenue: Mujtaba
LAHORE: In 2013-14 budget, tax was only levied on affluent segments while agriculture tax will be implemented in phases and...
Committee reviews arrangements for Lahore Shopping Festival
LAHORE: Lahore Shopping Festival Coordination Committee formed by the Chief Minister Punjab met on Friday and discussed all the arrangements...
Thousands of illegal vehicles still not cleared
ISLAMABAD: Even after introduction of vehicles’ amnesty scheme by FBR last month, thousands of vehicles plying on roads are still...
Below-target revenue collection a matter of concern for FBR
ISLAMABAD: The first quarter’s below-target performance in revenue collection has become a matter of great concern for FBR. In an...
Punjab govt providing modern facilities for depositing tax
LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Finance and Excise & Taxation Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said that the Punjab government is providing modern...
Customs seizes smuggled goods worth Rs 44m in July
LAHORE: Model Customs Lahore anti-smuggling department has seized smuggled goods and articles worth Rs 40 million during the month of...
FBR committee to redress problems of importers, clearing agents
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to form a committee in collaboration with the Customs Department and other...
Pakistan rice shipment rejected by US customs
ISLAMABAD: A shipment of rice from Pakistan was refused entry into the United States after US Customs and Border Protection...
Industrial parks at Port Qasim to change economic landscape of Port City
KARACHI: Upcoming mega industrial zones especially Bin Qasim Industrial Park and Creek Industrial Park, with the booming industrial activity and...
FBR at centre stage as government woos IMF
ISLAMABAD: The upcoming bailout package of International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Pakistan to the tune of $5.3 billion depends upon...
Efficient ports are lifeline of economy: Capt. Haleem Siddiqui
KARACHI: The efficient ports are the lifeline of the economy by virtue of their key role for the promotion of trade...
Relaxing customs rules only way to prosperity: President ICCI
ISLAMABAD: President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Zafar Bakhtawari has said only a few countries have made their...
Pakistan receives $13.92b remittances in FY12-13
Staff Reporter LAHORE: Overseas Pakistanis remitted an amount of US $13,920.26 million during the last fiscal year (July 2012-June 2013),...
Division of PAX Collectorate causes confusion
SOHAIL RAB KHAN KARACHI: The division of PAX Collectorate into two other collectorates has left the importers and officials in...
