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SC orders Customs to probe into missing containers case
KARACHI: The Supreme Court has ordered Customs officials to investigate the case of 19,000 containers reportedly missing from the Karachi...
LCCI sets up Tax and Trade Facilitation Centre
LAHORE: In order to promote trade and industry, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has established Trade and Tax...
Pakistan Customs seizes poppy seeds worth Rs50m
KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs seized 16 tons of poppy seeds from a container of an export consignment at the Karachi...
Pakistan Coast Guards seize Rs12m worth of hashish
KARACHI: Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) have seized fine quality of hashish from general area of Shadi Kaur, near Pasni, Balochistan....
Govt urged to create conducive environment for manufacturers
LAHORE: Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited Project Director Zaigham Adil Rizvi has urged the government to create a conducive and friendly...
Declining forex reserves: Closing the trade gap the only answer
There is a growing gap between exports and imports, putting an unbearable pressure on the balance of payments. Of the...
Revenue from imports
According to FBR’s official data, the country’s overall imports increased by 12 percent in dollar terms in the first quarter...
Dar briefs investors on Pakistan economy
LONDON: Finance Minister Dar has briefed Standard Chartered Bank and investors on Pakistan economy and invited them to take advantage...
FBR asked to release sales tax refunds
KARACHI: Traders have urged Federal Board of Revenue to pay their sales tax refunds pending for the last two years...
FBR witnesses Rs35b revenue shortfall in July-October
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has witnessed revenue shortfall of Rs35 billion in July-October period of the current fiscal...
Hong Kong Customs foils smuggling bid through fishing vessel
HONG KONG: Customs has conducted an operation against sea smuggling and detected a case of smuggling by a fishing vessel...
Brazil Customs to auction seized aircraft
BRASILIA: Brazilian tax authorities will auction a Challenger 300 and a Falcon 900 seized last June, supposedly imported by Brazilians...
Liquid foreign reserves stand at $9,497.2m
LAHORE: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stand at $9,497.2 million, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has...
MCC initiates training programme for appraisers
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Appraisement (West) has started a month-long ‘Extensive Orient Training Programme’ for the appraisers...
Transfers/postings of AC, DCs in MCC-Appraisement (West)
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Appraisement (West) through an office order No.240/2013-ESTT (A) has re-distributed the work among...
FBR applying int’l customs standards locally, says Dr Zubair
ISLAMABAD: Dr. Mohammad Zubair, Chief International Customs at FBR Headquarters, Islamabad, has said that their role is not only to...
Apex court seeks detailed report on arms import from Customs
KARACHI: A three judges' bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has sought detailed report...
Dubai Customs DG discusses enhanced co-op with RILO Middle East
DUBAI: His Excellency Ahmed Butti Ahmed, Executive Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and Director General of Dubai...
FBR orders all MCCs to audit data of cargo movements at ports
ISLAMABAD: FBR has ordered all Model Customs Collectorates to audit data of inter-port cargo movements and confirm whether all unclaimed...
Customs “one-window system” key to pushing imports, exports: Gen Secy PIFFA
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs should introduce a “one-window system” for the enhancement of imports and exports, where all operations would be...
