KARACHI:- The staff of the Directorate of PCA (Customs) Karachi during Jan 2015 to Oct 2015 reported 71 cases of evasion of customs duty Sales Tax, Income Tax, mis-declaration, short payments of Sales Tax.

According to a Statement of Detection/Contraventions, 19 Audit objections were reported while 52 contraventions were detected and cases made for recovery of rupees 180,783,009. The cases/contraventions reported involved consignments from USA, China, UK, UAE, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Japan, Iran, Hong Kong, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, European Union and Turkey.