Customs

Probe came after DG intelligence pointed to goods smuggling into country

Action initiated against top customs officials upon PM’s directive

Correspondences point to nexus between allegedly corrupt taxmen, importers

Top court irked by ‘hindering’ of Pak-Afghan transit trade

Corrupt customs officials refrain from verifying phytosanitary certificates before clearing goods for export

Says LEAs have also been unable to combat smuggling of Iranian petroleum products

Official says Rs400m worth of smuggling cases unearthed in past six months

Voices hope Pakistan, being logistics hub, will bring prosperity in South Asia

FIR has been registered against the involved customs’ staff

They smuggled 1.6 tonnes of meth, 37 kilograms of heroin in vacuum-sealed packages hidden inside stereo speakers

It [hashish] was hidden in plastic boxes under pipes inside the truck, says customs collector

FTO had sought action against FBR officers involved in vehicle smuggling, sale

Announces anti-smuggling and border management measures

AEO programme will shorten average time taken to clear import, export consignments

Shah Nawaz accused customs officials of demanding bribe for clearing cigarette packets recovered from their luggage

Anti-Corruption Police arrest wanted suspect in fraud case on Saturday

Anti-smuggling teams have seized non-custom paid smuggled vehicles worth more than Rs60 million during past week

Comes as a result of rupee depreciation

Smugglers beat up customs official

Smuggling costs economy Rs450 billion every year; legal hurdles, red tape hinder enforcement

Customs' lauded for their role in the province

Customs’ personnel also foil smuggling bid

Suspect arrested after boarding Dubai-bound flight

Chaudhry says the department is curbing smuggling despite limited resources

Decision comes after requests from QCCI

QCCI official says govt should regularise this business to generate revenue

Shaukat Ali, a grade-21 officer, was serving as Customs Intelligence director general

According to the petition, the foreign ministry issued illegal exemption certificates to 330 imported cars

Rs5.9b collected in first three months of FY19 as against Rs4.15b during the same period of last fiscal

Custom officials nab two smugglers and recover foreign currency amounting to Rs38 million

Nevertheless, the panel’s decision cannot stop govt from making these changes

Seven major operations against betel nuts smuggling carried out this year, says Customs officer

Also confiscates betel nuts, filter Khaini Niswar, cigarettes, diesel, zinc ingots and NCP vehicles

Collection clocks in at Rs23 billion as against target of Rs18 billion for FY18

Firm was importing items on which Rs2.85m in duties was to be paid under the head of printed material

Pakistani officials say recurrent power outage during the day had caused the scanner to become inoperative

Proposal is to increase rates of three tariff slabs of 3%, 11% and 16% by another 1%

Has sent a list of 515 items to FBR requesting reduced rates

KSEW, along with a Dutch group, built the boats

Karachi Customs Agent Association conduct a meeting with model customs collectorate export

Collector Ashraf Ali says customs working for eradication of narcotics from country

The day's celebration started with the hoisting of the national flag

The phones are estimated to be worth Rs1.2 billion

Items were found inside container near Saddar mobile market

Customs recover 600 grammes of heroin, 1.3kg gold jewellery

FCCI president complains of unfair treatment of exporters, importers

24,000 memory cards also seized from three passengers arriving from Dubai

The Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive claimed to have arrested over a dozen suspects

The supermodel has not appeared in the last 12 hearings of the case

According to customs department, 70% goods are smuggled back