BS-16 officers still awaiting up-gradation in BS-17
KARACHI: Despite Islamabad High Court’s order and Chairman FBR’s recommendation for proposed up-gradation of Principal Appraiser, Superintendent Customs and Superintendent Preventive from BPS-16 to...
View ArticleLarge-scale transfers and postings in Inland Revenue
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified large scale reshuffling of officers ranging from BS-19 to BS-21 in the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). The officers transferred and posted include...
View ArticleBid to smuggle liquor foiled
KARACHI: Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and MCC Gawadar have foiled a bid to smuggle foreign origin liquor into the country and arrested two smugglers. Collector Gwadar Saeed Akram had this...
View ArticleVerification of shipper seal on transit cargo no more required
KARACHI: The Directorate of Transit Trade has implemented the amendments in Customs Rules, wherein the provision of verifying shipper seal on Afghan Transit containers has been omitted. The Customs...
View ArticlePCA finds evasion through mis-declaration
KARACHI: The Directorate of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has created a demand of Rs5.848 million, which is recoverable from M/s Cotton Craft, as it was evaded through mis-declaration of classification....
View ArticleThree MCC Islamabad officers suspended
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has suspended three BS-16 officers of MCC Islamabad for three months. In exercise of powers conferred under Rule 5(1) of the Government Servants (Efficiency...
View ArticleAll used clothing consignments to pass through red channel
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified that imports of second-hand/used clothing of all origins will pass through WeBOC red channel. However, in order to avoid choking of terminals,...
View ArticleCustoms officers transferred
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred two officers of Pakistan Customs Service. Accordingly, Sumair Mustansar Tarar, BS-18 has been posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs...
View ArticleOfficers of Pakistan Customs Service promoted to BS-19
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified promotion of 09 BS-18 officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) into BS-19 on regular basis. These officers include Muneeza Majeed, Asdaq Afzal...
View ArticleAppraisement West re-shuffles principal appraisers
KARACHI: Collector Appraisement West Owais Agha Jawad has notified transfers and postings of around 20 Principal Appraisers while Collector Appraisement East is likely to re-shuffle Principal...
View ArticlePakistan Customs and China Customs agree to implement Electronic Data...
KARACHI: China Customs and Ministry of Commerce have agreed on Electronic Data Inter-change (EDI) with Pakistan Customs, which would help eliminate under-invoicing pertaining to imports from China as...
View ArticleFBR contemplating a centralized Customs intelligence wing reporting to Chief...
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is considering to equip Chief Collectors of Appraisement and Enforcement with ‘eyes’ i.e. centralized intelligence wings directly reporting to the Chief...
View ArticleTextile chemicals importer charged with duty/tax evasion
KARACHI: The Directorate of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has prepared two contravention reports against M/s Magna Textile Industries for evasion of customs duty and other taxes on account of availing...
View ArticleHigh Court orders provisional release of Telenor’s consignment
KARACHI: The High Court of Sindh has advised Pakistan Customs to release the consignment of Telenor Pakistan provisionally. Court in an interim ordered noted that the consignment of Telenor Pakistan...
View ArticleBus stuffed with smuggled goods seized
KARACHI: The Anti-smuggling Organization of Customs Preventive apprehended a bus from Quetta near Moch Goth and recovered smuggled goods worth over Rs10 million. The goods seized include Germany origin...
View ArticleDirector Valuation convenes meeting to determine values of used clothing
KARACHI: Director Customs Valuation Manzoor Memon has called a meeting of stakeholders to determine the Customs values of second hand clothing under PCT 6309.0000 in the first half of September 2015....
View ArticleMCC Preventive comes hard on smuggling
KARACHI: The staff of Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) of MCC Preventive, Karachi has seized a passenger bus bearing registration No BSA-585 along with huge quantity of smuggled merchandise goods...
View ArticleASO Hyderabad books lubricants company for smuggling diesel
KARACHI: The Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) Hyderabad has seized a large quantity of smuggled Irani diesel and lodged an FIR against a lubricant company and driver of the vehicle transporting...
View ArticleASO Hyderabad detect diesel smuggling being carried on in an organized manner
KARACHI: The Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) Hyderabad has seized a large quantity of smuggled Irani diesel and lodged an FIR against staff of Hascol Petroleum Limited and others for aiding and...
View ArticleDirectorate of Post Clearance Audit detects evasion
KARACHI: The Directorate of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) has found evasion of duty and taxes of Rs18.866 million by M/s BSN Medical Private Limited by way of mis-declaration. According to the details of...
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