KARACHI: Sindh High Court has ordered Customs authorities to release imported consignments of NIDO milk, Cerelac and Dog Meal after payment of duty and taxes.
A SHC division bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtarand and Justice Arshad Hussain Khan, heard Ghulam Hyder Shaikh advocate, counsel for petitioners who maintained that the subject consignments were being detained on ground that drug license was not obtained by the petitioners. He contended that these are dairy or food products rather food supplements and condition of obtaining drug license is not attracted.
He said securing a drug import license is very cumbersome and takes almost 2 years. The consignments would perish if not released soonest, he prayed.
The bench agreeing to the contention that consignments in question fell in the category of “food supplement” allowed the release of the same holding that no drug license is required in this case.
