MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement has tightened the scrutiny of passenger at the Multan International Airport.
According to details, Customs Enforcement staff and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are working together at the Currency declaration counter to curb foil any attempt of money laundering. Customs has declared that it is mandatory for all international passengers coming to or moving out of Pakistan to fill out currency declaration forms and hand over them to the airline staff. It has been mandatory for the passengers to disclose all types of domestic and foreign currencies. The currency declaration form which must be filled out before check-in for the flight.
Customs staff explained all the clauses of the currency declaration form to the staff members. The guidelines were given during a meeting held on Monday in Multan.
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has also directed all airlines to ensure the availability of currency declaration forms at all of their ticket booking offices as well as to set up special counters to receive these forms.
According to the official statement issued by the CAA, with reference to the federal government’s instructions conveyed by CAA regarding the submission of customs declaration (including currency declaration) by all inbound/outbound international passengers, a meeting had been chaired by Chief Operating Officer/APM and participated by all airlines, and ground handling agencies to discuss the subject instructions.
