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Bid to smuggle 10kg heroin foiled at Lahore airport
LAHORE: Authorities at Allama Iqbal International Airport have foiled a bid to smuggle more than 10 kilograms of high quality...
New customs values for facial tissue papers issued
KARACHI: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has issued new customs values, ranging between $1.72 per kg to $2.44 per...
Customs to install RFID readers, scanners on transit trade routes
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs is going to install RFID readers on Bulaili, Khairabad and Kohat tunnels to enhance the security of...
FBR officials brief IMF delegation about revenue target
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa, Directorate General Customs Intelligence &...
Rawalpindi-Islamabad Customs agents call off strike
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi-Islamabad Customs Agents Association has called off its two-day strike against the alleged negative behaviour of Deputy Collector Ayesha...
US Customs issues warning about scam targeting families
HOUSTON: US Customs and Border Protection agents, along with representatives of the Houston Airport System, are warning passengers about a...
New Customs value on import of stationery items issued
KARACHI: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has issued new customs value on the import of stationery items from China,...
Customs agents seek LCCI help over Lahore Dry Port
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has agreed to extend full support to Customs Clearing Agents to make...
20kg gold seized from plane of Bangladeshi national airline
DHAKA: Customs officials recovered 160 smuggled gold bars weighing around 20kg at the toilet of a flight of Biman Bangladesh...
Border smuggling rises in Iranian Kurdistan
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: Mohammad Karimi was driving his car between two towns in the mountainous region of western Iran on an...
Man swallows 1kg cannabis in failed smuggling bid
IRELAND: A 40-year-old man who swallowed more than 1kg of cannabis resin in a bid to smuggle it into Ireland...
Customs seizes smuggled tyres, rims worth Rs22m in Quetta
QUETTA: Customs Collectorate’s anti-smuggling unit has seized huge quantity of smuggled tyres and rims worth Rs22 million. Sources said that...
Shahid Hussain Asad designated as Official Spokesperson for FBR
ISLAMABAD: Shahid Hussain Asad (IRS/BS-21) presently posted as Member (IR Policy), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq) Islamabad is designated as...
SROs issued regarding new entrants of motorcycle manufacturing industry
ISLAMABAD: Under SRO 939 (I)/2013, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 18 of the Customs...
106 capsules filled with heroin recovered from man’s abdomen at Bacha Khan Airport
PESHAWAR: A passenger has been arrested from a private airliner at Bacha Khan Airport after 106 capsules filled with heroin...
Iranian Customs removes duties on saffron exports
TEHRAN: The Iranian Customs Administration has removed duties on saffron exports. Exports of saffron at any volume and amount will...
Diet pills containing human flesh seized by S Korean Customs
SEOUL: Two Chinese students have been detained on suspicion of selling diet pills containing human flesh, South Korean authorities have...
Member Customs’ visit to Karachi postponed
KARACHI: Member Customs Nisar Muhammad’s 3-day visit to Karachi Customs House has been postponed. The Member Customs has delayed his...
All set to make amendments to WeBOC
KARACHI: All set for making amendments to Customs computerised system, WeBOC, as the office of the Directorate (WeBOC/One Customs) has...
FBR transfers, postings
ISLAMABAD: FBR has transferred and posted 47 officers of BS-17-19 with immediate effect. According to notification, Naheed Azhar (Income Tax/BS-19)...
