KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs has decided to use WeBOC software to keep the data of air passengers and check the suspects involved in drug smuggling and money laundering.
The WeBOC will play a vital role in monitoring the passengers. The software is 100 percent result oriented and is also appreciated in foreign countries.
The Customs authorities have also established new counters at the international arrival and departure lounges where passengers will be making their declaration as per the rules of the State Bank of Pakistan to collect the data of the travelers and ascertain the purpose of their visit.
Sources said that the customs officers will provided the software at the airports with all the data of the passengers, including their nature of businesses, total domestic and international visits, days spent out of the country and other necessary information. In the first phase, the counter has been established at Karachi airport and till now more than 500 passengers have been registered, the sources said.
The software will also indicate the total currency carried out by the passengers during their travel to foreign countries and soon the software will be linked with all the airports across the country and data of the passengers could be retrieved from any airport.
