FBR aiming at 1.8 million filers, visiting NDU officers told
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is close to achieving target of 1 million filers of tax returns while efforts are afoot to take the figure to 1.8 million within a year. This was stated by...
View ArticleAppraisement West nominates Recovery Officer
KARACHI: Collector Appraisement West Agha Jawwad has appointed Assistant Collector Arsalan Majeed Rana as Recovery Officer to pursue the recoveries of over a billion rupees. MCC Appraisement West is...
View ArticleDG I&I calls on DG Rangers
KARACHI: Director General I&I-Customs Imtiaz Ahmed met DG Rangers Major General Bilal Akbar on Thursday and discussed various issues including the ongoing anti-smuggling campaign. Sources said...
View ArticleFPCCI constituting task force on Customs
KARACHI: Sheikh Muhammad Tariq, Chairman FPCCI Standing Committee on Customs Agents, keeping in view of periodical changes in economic, fiscal and commercial policies unfolding new issues for trade and...
View ArticleRaids start on warehouses housing smuggled products
KARACHI: The Customs authorities have initiated raiding the markets, which are known to be housing smuggled goods. Director ASO I&I Asif Marghoob Siddiqui had the information that goods smuggled...
View ArticleRegulatory duty ranging 5-10 percent imposed on several goods
KARACHI: The Government of Pakistan has imposed regulatory duty ranging 5-10 percent on a number of imported goods. According to details through an amendment in SRO 568(I)/ 2014, government is imposing...
View ArticleImporters encouraged to voluntarily pay short-paid duty/tax
KARACHI: The importers and clearing agents who mistakenly or intentionally misdeclared the status of LC in their Goods Declarations (GDs) are advised to voluntarily come up and rectify their record....
View ArticleOverall revenue collection by Customs surge 4.7 percent
KARACHI: The overall revenue collection by Pakistan Customs in the fiscal year so far i.e. five months (July-November 2015) has surged by 4.7 percent to Rs409.95 billion as against Rs391.46 billion in...
View ArticlePrime culprit involved in TP pilferage scam arrested
KARACHI: MCC Preventive has arrested one Raheem Vivani, who is the ‘carrier’ and arrange supply of smuggled goods to various shop owners and buyers of foreign origin goods. An FIR has been lodged and...
View ArticlePilferage of non-declared goods out of import consignment seized
KARACHI: MCC Peshawar has lodged FIR against importer M/s Central Asia Linker and M/s Haji Amir Khan Customs Agent for importing large quantity of foreign origin goods undeclared with other declared...
View ArticleCustoms Intelligence (ASO) seizes huge quantity of smuggled goods
KARACHI: Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (Anti-smuggling), Karachi during an operation against smuggling recovered huge quantity of smuggled goods worth millions of rupees. According to...
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MCC Quetta recover smuggled goods from pilgrim buses
KARACHI: MCC Quetta in an anti-smuggling operation arrested five persons and recovered miscellaneous goods worth millions of rupees, which were stuffed in buses coming from Iran carrying pilgrims. On...
View ArticleFBR notifies higher time scales for BS-16 Customs officers
KARACHI: In pursuance of approval conveyed by Finance Division, all the existing regular Principal Appraiser (BS-16), Superintendent Preventive (BS-16) and Superintendent Customs (BS-16) in the Customs...
View ArticleCustoms comes hard on smuggling through pilgrim buses
KARACHI: The Customs authorities have recovered large quantity of goods being smuggled in the buses transporting pilgrims from Iran. Around two dozen buses were inspected and the goods hidden in these...
View ArticleCustom Intelligence seize goods worth Rs1.7 billion in 6 months
KARACHI: Directorate General Custom Intelligence & Investigation-FBR Anti-Smuggling, Karachi during the first six months of financial year 2015-16, (July to December), has seized huge quantity of...
View ArticleAcetic Anhydride; investigations progressing fast
KARACHI: The investigations into the recovery and seizure of acetic anhydride (chemical used for making heroin and plastic explosives) are progressing fast and 226 drums of the chemical recovered by...
View ArticleClearance of acetic anhydride, Examination Officer served Explanation Call
KARACHI: There has been an interesting development in the case regarding recovery of huge quantity of acetic anhydride (chemical used for making heroin and plastic explosives) as the detecting official...
View ArticleCustoms investigate replacement of containerized cargo at terminals
KARACHI: The Customs has initiated investigations on the reports that cargo is being replaced from the containers lying at the terminals wherein, low value goods are replaced with high value or in some...
View ArticleWorld Customs Day celebrated by Pakistan Customs
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs celebrated the World Customs Day across the country under the umbrella of World Customs Organization (WCO) on January 26, 2016. A huge quantity of contrabands goods and drugs...
View ArticleCustoms prosecution suffers for lack of funds
KARACHI: The hundreds of cases filed by or against Pakistan Customs are suffering due to non–representation or non- appearance of the lawyers before different courts of law. According to sources within...
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