MCC Gwadar seizes 5,000 high-end mobile phones
GWADAR: MCC Gwadar conducted a raid on Gwadar coast and recovered 5,000 high-end mobile phones worth Rs210 million. Mobile phones were brought from Dubai via launch, and were being loaded…
RD upto 90% imposed on 611 items
KARACHI: The Ministry of Finance has slapped Regulatory Duty (RD) in the range of 5.0% to 90% on 611 different importable items including vehicles to discourage unnecessary imports, while RD…
TCS Courier caught transporting smuggled mobile phones
KARACHI: Customs Intelligence & Investigation Karachi (I&I Karachi) has recovered large quantity of mobile phones, tablets and smartwatches from vehicles of TCS Courier Company. Information was passed through Director I&I…
Customs Intelligence & Investigation Karachi detects Rs7.58bn revenue evasion on import of mobile phone parts
KARACHI: National Exchequer suffered a loss of Rs7.58 billion in last 16 months as the local mobile phone assemblers are misclassifying their imports to avoid imposition of sales tax and…
SHC dismiss appeal by Pakistan Customs, held acquittal of accused in mobile phone smuggling case
KARACHI: Justice Aftab Ahmed Gorar of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Pakistan Customs against accused Umer Khan s/o Wilayat Khan and clearing agent…
MCC JIAP seizes smuggled mobile phones
KARACHI: MCC Jinnah International Airport (JIAP), Karachi has detected a scam wherein a passenger Muhammad Umer S/o Mehmood Akhtar misused data of incoming passengers from abroad, and used the same…
FBR to release smuggled mobile phones on payment of 10pc penalty on taxes
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified to release smuggled mobile phones, which were seized or voluntary presented to the Customs authorities, on payment of 10 percent penalty…
SHC orders release of mobile phones under “Amnesty” scheme
KARACHI : An appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Justice Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan hearing a constitution petition filed by Digicom company ordered…
Customs notifies values of mobile devices for the purpose of duty/tax assessment
By Mashhud KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Valuation Karachi has notified the Customs values of mobile phone devices for the purpose of assessment of duty and taxes though a Valuation Advice.…
Customs court admits accused in betel nuts case to bail
KARACHI: Tariq Khosa, link judge for Special Customs Court Karachi on Monday admitted an accused in betel nuts smuggling case to bail against a solvent surety of rupees 200,000. Muhammad…
Smuggled mobile phones to be blocked after December 31st
KARACHI: Pakistan has decided to block all new mobile phones – brought into the country through illegal means – by year end as the federal cabinet on Friday set the…
Smuggled goods recovered from M/s Leopards Courier’s van
KARACHI: MCC Preventive has booked one Taj Mohammad for attempting to transport smuggled and non-duty paid goods to Karachi from Quetta and recovered smuggled goods worth Rs4.523 million from…
SHC adjourns additional Sales Tax case till Nov 29
KARACHI: A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Justice Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan on Thursday adjourned hearing of more than two dozen identical…
MCC Quetta seizes smuggled goods worth Rs70 million
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has seized large quantity of foreign origin smuggled goods, which were being transported to interior country. Information was received through Collector Ashraf Ali that attempts would be…
FIR lodged against Waseem Tanoli
KARACHI: Customs Intelligence Karachi has lodged an FIR with Sindh Police against Waseem Tanoli and several others for attempting to set Customs staff on fire and burning down the smuggled…
Betel nuts, Gutka raw material worth Rs10mn seized
KARACHI: Pakistan Custom’s Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), upon a credible information regarding discreet mapping of SITE area Karachi, raided a godown where smuggled/contraband goods mainly betel nuts were dumped and godown…
ASO Preventive Lahore seizes smuggled mobile phones worth Rs8.0 million
KARACHI: Anti-smuggling Organization of MCC Preventive Lahore in a well coordinated operation with Motorway Police foiled bid to transport non-duty-paid mobile phones worth Rs8.0 million and arrested two persons. Information…
MCC Hyderabad foils bid to smuggle mobile phones
KARACHI: MCC Hyderabad has foiled a bid to smuggle mobile phones, which were being transported from Quetta to interior Sindh through Jaffar Express train and recovered over 4,000 Nokia mobile…
ASO Preventive Lahore seizes smuggled mobile phones
KARACHI: Anti-smuggling organization (ASO) Preventive Lahore has foiled a bid to smuggle mobile phones and arrested three persons in this regard. Information was received through Collector Preventive Lahore Faiz Ahmad…
SHC disposes off suit by Digicom, New Allied Electronic
KARACHI: Justice Junaid Ghaffar of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Wednesday disposed of suits filed by Digicom Private Limited and New Allied Electronic Industries, importers of mobile phones. The…