Betel nut prices shot up as illegal imports curtailed
KARACHI: The prices of betel nut have shot up in the local market as Customs authorities cracked down illegal import and smuggling of betel nut. The prices of betel nut…
SHC allows week time to KICT for settling dispute Huge demurrage case
KARACHI: An appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Chaudhry Adnan Ahmed yesterday allowed a request made by counsel for Karachi International…
Demurrage worth Rs10 million, KICT seeks time in Prime Movers case
KARACHI: A customs appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) yesterday deferred hearing of a constitution till July 17 on request by counsel for respondent Karachi International Container Terminal…
Demurrage Case : SHC to hear petition on June 04 Prime movers demurrage case against KICT
KARACHI: Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar of High Court of Sindh on Monday deferred hearing of a petition against heavy demurrage worth rupees 3 Crore in respect of five construction vehicles…
ASO seizes container, as TP replacement resurfaces
KARACHI: Anti-smuggling organization (ASO), MCC Preventive has seized a container loaded with chemical for shoe industry and baby diapers, as the goods were being replaced enroute to the dry port,…
Directorate of Risk Management Customs detects betel nut smuggling
KARACHI: Directorate of Risk Management Customs has detected smuggling of betel nuts in the garb of galvanized plain sheets and seized three containers for which transshipment permit (TP) had been…
SHC to hear controversy involving KICT, Customs on Feb 01
KARACHI: February 01 was fixed for hearing by a division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Friday while hearing a petition filed by Rising Construction Company seeking release…
MCC Appraisement West reshuffles appraising officers
KARACHI: MCC Appraisement West has notified postings and transfers of appraising offers with immediate effect and till further orders. Imran Khan, Rooh ul Amin, Junaid Hashmat Waqar Khan, Sayed Ansar…
FBR takes notice of unhealthy and unlawful working conditions at container terminals
KARACHI: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken notice of a letter sent to him complaining about the immoral and inhumane behavior of senior customs officers towards appraising officers…
Importer, agent booked for defrauding exchequer
KARACHI: MCC Appraisement West has lodged an FIR against proprietor of M/s Rainbow Industries, Karachi and partners of M/s Danyal Agencies and one Malik Ehsan for under-declaring the weight of…
SHC allows provisional release of consignment of Syscom International
KARACHI: A divisional bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Anwar Hussain on Tuesday disposing off a number of application filed by a petitioner…
SHC issues notices to APL, KICT for Aug 16 in petition by Syscom International
KARACHI: A divisional bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Anwar Hussain issued notices to Chief executives of Karachi International Container Terminal and American…
Internal Audit questions non-disposal of confiscated goods
KARACHI: The Directorate of Internal Audit (Customs) Karachi has advised Customs Appraisement to justify the issue of non-disposing of large quantity of confiscated goods having huge amount of Reserve Price…
Directorate of Transit Trade frames procedure for transshipment cargo through railways
KARACHI: The Directorate of Transit Trade in the proposals for Budget 2016-17 has framed the procedure to give legal cover to transit cargo through railways. According to the procedure proposed…
WeBOC system keeps of crashing
KARACHI: The repeated technical issues arising in the WeBOC system poses risk to the entire trade as well as revenue collection system of the country. The WeBOC system crashed in…
Turtle skull export case: Tribunal allows appeal, remits penalty, orders release of confiscated consignment on technical ground
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs lost another case on technical ground as the Special Custom Appellate Tribunal allowed an appeal by a Japanese national, co-owner of Hongda Trading Company, Pakistan. The appeal…
SHC puts of hearing in 30 identical petitions about Dumper truck till Dec 02
Karachi: A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Chief Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro on Thursday put of hearing of 30 identical petitions pertaining…
KICT achieves 10 Million TEU milestone
KARACHI: Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) on Friday achieved a milestone when it handled 10 th million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit) becoming the first container operator in Pakistan. The landmark…
SHC adjourns hearing of a petition by Amreli Steels until Dec 02
Karachi:- The hearing of a constitution petition filed by Amreli Steels against Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), Chief Collector Customs Appraisement, Collector Customs West, Chief Collector Enforcement, Collector…
Stubborn KICT continues with the habit of evading duty and taxes
KARACHI: The Directorate of Post Clearance Audit – Customs has detected evasion of duty and taxes to the tune of Rs7.733 million by M/s Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) through…