NAB investigates Customs Intelligence, Quetta
KARACHI: NAB Baluchistan has initiated an inquiry against officials and officers of Customs Intelligence, Quetta and requested Collector Quetta to depute an officer of BS-17 who is well versed with…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has recovered miscellaneous goods worth millions of rupees from the secret compartments of two passenger buses coming to Karachi from Quetta. Information was received through Collector Ashraf…
Smuggling of mobile phones: MCC Quetta expands ambit of investigation
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has expanded the ambit of investigation into the smuggling of mobile phones concealed in the secret compartments of a trailer, as it is known that a number…
Smuggled mobile phones seized from M/s E-Movers’ trailer
KARACHI: MCC Quetta ha seized a large number of smuggled mobile phones, which were hidden in the secret compartment in the trailer under the container. The vehicle No. TLE-271 is…
MCC Quetta seizes 1500 kgs of charas
KARACHI: On the occasion of World Customs Day, MCC Quetta has seized 1500 kgs of high quality Chara’s worth Rs75 million. Collector Quetta Ashraf Ali had this information that attempt…
Customs and security of business environment in Quetta
By Ashraf Ali Pakistan Customs, as a member administration of the World Customs Organization (WCO), has always endeavored to adopt international best practices in discharging its duties for facilitating trade…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods worth Rs100 million
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has seized smuggled goods including non-duty paid vehicles worth Rs100 million in just two weeks of January 2018. Collector Quetta Ashraf Ali had directed his staff to…
MCC Quetta detects smuggling in garb of steel scrap
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has detected smuggling in the garb of steel scrap and seized smuggled goods worth millions in separate incidents. Collector Quetta Ashraf Ali initiated the process of strengthening…
Customs staff Quetta working in tough security environment
KARACHI: Quetta is again in the grip of terrorism. Despite all threats, Customs officers and officials brave through violence to perform their duties. Recently, a bomb planted on exit route…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods worth Rs6.2 million
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has detained 87400 liters of Iranian smuggled diesel worth Rs5.0 million. Information was conveyed by the Collector of Customs Ashraf Ali to the Additional Collector Zubair Shah…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods worth Rs113.6 million
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has been quite effective against smuggling as smuggled/non-duty-paid goods worth Rs113.6 million were seized and kept in the custody of Customs in the first 19 days of…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods worth Rs25 million
KARACHI: MCC Quetta seized foreign origin contraband goods worth Rs25 million in a week as a rigorous anti-smuggling campaign is being pursued by the Customs with the assistance of other…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled diesel
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate Quetta foiled an attempt to smuggle Iranian origin diesel under the garb of documents/vouchers issued by M/s Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Kemari Terminal Karachi for supply…
MCC Quetta devises strategy to counter smuggling
KARACHI: Collector Quetta Ashraf Ali has planned a strategy to launch a grand crackdown against smuggling. ASO has been activated and the mobile squad is advised to be vigilance and…
MCC Peshawar seized smuggled goods
KARACHI: MCC Peshawar has foiled a bid to smuggle satellite digital receivers and foreign origin cloth into the country and seized goods worth millions of rupees. Information was received through…
Ashraf Ali posted Collector MCC Quetta
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified transfer and posting of Ashraf Ali, an officer of BS-20 of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS). Ashraf Ali, a PCS BS-20 officer of…
MCC Quetta surpasses revenue collection target
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has surpassed its revenue collection target by Rs678 million set for the outgoing fiscal year 2016-17. According to details, MCC Quetta was assigned revenue target (in all…
Pakistan Customs books PSI companies of UAE, China for fraud
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has booked certain importers and foreign pre-shipment inspection (PSI) companies including M/s Bureau Veritas of UAE and M/s SGS China for defrauding Pakistan’s authorities to enable clearance…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has seized large quantity of smuggled and non-duty paid goods worth Rs6.28 million. On information received from Collector Quetta Saeed Jadoon that attempt would be made to…
Customs on alert: Influx of smuggled goods surge as Afghan border opened
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has expedited its efforts against the movement of smuggled, non-duty paid goods, and in several operations, goods worth millions of rupees were seized. The influx of smuggled…