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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has restrained the Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation (I&I) to take any coercive action against a vehicle importer who was booked for submitting…
KARACHI: The government of Pakistan’s total debt surged to Rs16.383 trillion as on December 31, 2014, a surge of 8.5 percent from Rs15.097 trillion as of December 31, 2013, central…
KARACHI: Atif Bajwa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bank Alfalah Limited has been elected as the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) for the year…
KARACHI: The Customs Drug Enforcement Cell – Jinnah International Airport – foiled an attempt to smuggle out heroin powder from general post office and seized 450 grams of narcotics worth…
KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has notified upfront tariff for Thar coal power plants, which will only be available for brand new plants. This was one of…
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified transfers and postings of Grade-19 officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS). According to details, Omar Shafique has been moved from the office…
KARACHI: The country’s liquid foreign exchange reserves have increased by 0.29 percent to $15.063 $billion as of January 23, 2015 as compared with $15.019 billion on January 16, 2015. The…
KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) in a joint operation foiled the bid to smuggle huge quantity of foreign origin liquor and beer and seized…
KARACHI: The appraising staff suspended for alleged negligence in the ‘regulatory duty evasion on wheat import case’ is likely to be restored provisionally as no evidence has so far been…
KARACHI: The CIU Port Qasim has affected the recovery of Rs118 million; this revenue had been leaked because of the over-use of concessionary SRO. According to the details of the…
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs on the directives of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has initiated a large-scale crackdown against vehicles importers, who managed to clear over-aged vehicles through fraudulent means. FBR…
KARACHI: Chief Collector of Customs Appraisement (South) has notified transfers and postings of principal appraisers and examining officers. Principal Appraisers Najamul Hasan Jamali was moved from Directorate of Transit Trade…
KARACHI: The Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) of MCC Port Qasim has lodged 19 FIRs against M/s Quick Contractors & Traders for furnishing fake and forged documents to give color of…
KARACHI: The Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (Inland Revenue) has against a registered person for issuing fake/flying invoices for the purpose of illegal input tax adjustment, which deprived exchequer of…
KARACHI: Collector Appraisement West, Mohammad Saleem along with 10 other senior Customs officers has left for Dushanbe to represent Pakistan at Global Shield Program and Containers Control Program. The Pakistan…
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs celebrated International Customs Day on January 26, 2015 with professional zeal and fervor. The celebrations started in the morning with the hoisting of flag by Chief Collector…
KARACHI: Directorate General of Training & Research Customs held a Commendation Certificate distribution ceremony on the occasion of World Customs Day on January 26, 2015. A very senior member Customs,…
By Ms. Nausheen Riaz Khan, Deputy Collector, MCC Appraisement (West), Karachi Given the emerging socio-economic scenario vis-à-vis the current international and domestic security threats, the World Customs Organization has very…
KARACHI: The World Customs Organization (WCO) is dedicating 2015 to Coordinated Border Management (CBM) under the slogan ‘Coordinated Border Management – An inclusive approach for connecting stakeholders’. WCO members will…
By Shafqat Ali Khan Niazi, Additional Collector, MCC Preventive, Karachi The Custom House Karachi was constructed in 1910. At the time of creation of Pakistan, the Custom House, Karachi was…