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KARACHI: A two member custom appellate bench of High Court of Sindh dismissed 17 identical Special Custom Reference Applications (SCRAs) filed by Messer’s Qiraam Impex Private Limited through Amjad Hayat…
KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement has uncovered a sophisticated attempt to smuggle high-value air conditioners and dehumidifiers into the country by misusing the Export Facilitation Scheme, with the seizure valued…
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs is facing serious internal allegations of corruption, with officials claiming that smuggling operations, once concentrated on road routes, have shifted to the appraisement side of the department…
ISLAMABAD: Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro of Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed an application CM No 03/2026 filed by Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited for impleadment as a party in Writ…
KARACHI: Hearing an appeal filed by Messer’s Ermi Fresh, Collector of Customs (Appeal) set aside Show Cause Notice and Order in Original passed by Deputy Collector, Adjudication-II, Karachi. The appellant…
KARACHI: Deciding application made by Pakistan Customs for release of security amounts in respect of consignments covered under 7 identical petitions, a division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC)…
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a draft notification proposing new rules to automate and streamline the handling of penalties for overstayed cargo at the country’s ports.…
Islamabad: Pakistan Customs has successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle a significant quantity of narcotics into the country through the international postal system, seizing 12 kilograms of marijuana with an…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs has issued a formal show-cause notice to Pak Arab Refinery Limited, commonly known as PARCO, for allegedly delivering millions of liters of petrol without following the…
KARACHI: The Customs Appellate Tribunal has directed the immediate release of a locally manufactured vehicle (registration No. LES-9542) and the auction proceeds of imported goods that were previously seized by…
Islamabad: Pakistan Customs Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement (IPRE) has recorded another productive year, safeguarding intellectual property rights and strengthening border enforcement across Pakistan. According to the annual performance statistics, the…
KARACHI: A prominent local businessman and Chief of Friends of Pakistan (an institution), Amjad Shah, has formally called upon the Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to initiate…
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs was given two week’s time to get restraining order from Federal Constitutional Court in an appeal filed against an order of constitutional bench of High Court of…
KARACHI: Customs Enforcement Karachi stopped four export shipments after discovering that goods declared as scrap metal were actually new and used air conditioners, which were being cleared through green channel,…
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has demonstrated exceptional performance in revenue collection for the month of June 2026, achieving a historic high of Rs. 467 billion in total taxes on imports. This…
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has issued a wide-ranging overhaul of import regulatory duties, imposing new rates on close to 700 categories of goods ranging from live poultry and seafood to…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government on Tuesday lowered the standalone regulatory duty on commercial imports of used vehicles from 40% to 30%, even as the total tax burden on those imports is…
Islamabad: Pakistan government has issued a wide-ranging amendment to the First Schedule of the Customs Act, 1969. The notification, published in the official Gazette, enacts sweeping changes to the Pakistan…
KARACHI: In a dramatic twist to a high-profile petroleum smuggling case, Collector Enforcement Umar Shafique has approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan, challenging the Sindh High Court’s decision to quash…
KARACHI: Customs officials at Jinnah International Airport seized $10,491 in undeclared foreign currency from a passenger bound for Dubai, authorities said Thursday. The passenger, who was scheduled to travel on…