Industry not ready to tackle cyber-attacks
KARACHI: Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (ICST) on Wednesday said internet-related crimes are on the increase necessitating a strategy to deal with the threat as the majority of the industry…
Junaid Makda urges FIA to refrain from harassing businessmen
KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Junaid Esmail Makda, while expressing deep concerns over harassment of businessmen by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), has advised that FIA should…
FIR lodged against Intelligence Officer Hamid Habib
KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence & Investigation Quetta has lodged an FIR against Hamid Habib, an Intelligence Officer of BS-16 for alleged inefficiency and misconduct, which the Customs officials term…
Customs Intelligence reluctant to cooperate with FIA
KARACHI: Directorate General of Customs Intelligence & Investigation has been using delaying tactics and not providing the data and records demanded by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) pertaining to corruption, embezzlement,…
FIA initiates inquiry into misuse of SRO 1125
KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) – Anti-corruption-circle – has initiated an inquiry regarding misuse of concessionary SRO 1125(I)/2011 and approached Chief Collector Appraisement South seeking complete record of imports on…
Customs Intelligence distributed seized vehicles among DG’s friends
KARACHI: Advocate High Court Syed Zain-ul-Abedin has approached Directorate General of Customs Intelligence & Investigation seeking details of the confiscated vehicles shifted from state warehouses to the office of Director…
SHC issue notices for Jan 26 in vehicle detention case
KARACHI: A customs appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Mrs Ashraf Jahan on Wednesday ordered issuance of notices to the respondents including…
Clearing, Forwarding agent asked to explain delay in challenging suspension of license
KARACHI: An appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Muhammad Humayun Khan on Monday asked a petitioner to explain the delay in approaching…
Ayyan Ali case: SHC issues notice to Secretary Interior again
KARACHI: A second notice was issued to Federal Interior Secretary for June 18 in Ayyan Ali’s ECL case by a divisional bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Chief…
Coast guards arrest 75 illegal immigrants
KARACHI: Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) has arrested 75 persons, who were illegally crossing the Pakistan-Iran border. These arrested persons include 05 Bangladeshi nationals, 08 Afghans and 62 Pakistanis who attempted…
NA Committee on Finance visits RTO Karachi; invites recommendations to increase revenue collection
KARACHI: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance headed by Qaiser Ahmed Shaikh visited the Regional Tax Office (RTO) on Friday and advised the Chief Commissioners to furnish concrete and…
FIA raids medicine market selling unregistered, spurious drugs; FIR lodged
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has seized a large quantity of unregistered and spurious drugs along with packing material and lodged an FIR against the accused involved in the…
FIA clears Customs officials in pharmaceutical raw material import case
KARACHI: Finally, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has accorded ‘clean chit’ to a number of Customs officers who were facing investigation pertaining to the clearance of pharmaceutical raw material without…
FBR nominates focal persons for information sharing with FIA
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has nominated two officers for sharing information with Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Chief (Management) FBR would be focal person for information sharing and…
FIA now seeks guidelines from Ministry of Health in pharmaceutical raw material import case
KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has approached Ministry of Health seeking guidance in the case of pharmaceutical raw material import without the certificate of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP),…
Pharmaceutical raw material import; FBR asks FIA to stop harassing Customs staff
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has urged the FIA authorities that the concerned FIA staff may be directed not to harass the Customs staff so that the revenue…
FIA proceedings against Customs official; Collector Appraisement West urges FBR to take-up issue at appropriate levels
KARACHI: Collector MCC Appraisement West Mohammad Saleem has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to take up the initiation of proceedings by FIA at appropriate levels. FIA has booked…
Nawaz government tasks FIA to purge FBR of corrupt officers
KARACHI: A large-scale operation planned by government against corrupt officers of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been re-initiated. This operation including dismissal from service of officers had been postponed,…
Pharmaceutical raw material import case; SHC grants protective bail to 74 Customs officials
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has granted protective bail to 74 Customs officers and officials; arrest warrants had been issued against them by Judicial Magistrate Lahore in a case…
Appraising Officers Association to meet Chairman FBR on Tuesday
KARACHI: Pakistan Appraising Officers Association has approached Chairman FBR Tariq Bajwa to spare some time for a meeting with the Association on Tuesday. Tariq Bajwa and Member Customs Nisar Mohammad…