KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs has started installing trackers on the containers of Afghan Transit Trade in a move to ensure smooth supply of containers and goods to Afghanistan.
The sources told Customs Today that Customs had started installing four chips on a container carrying Afghan Transit Trade goods and the tracking system would be closely and round the clock monitored through a well-developed system WeBOC from Custom House. The tracking of containers would avoid mega scams and smuggling that happened in the past.
With the installation of the trackers, the movement of the containers could easily be monitored inside the ports vicinity and all the way from Karachi to Afghanistan, sources added.
The customs officials would check the trackers at ports and then the checking process would continue at Hyderabad Dry Port, then Quetta and Torkham borders, sources concluded.