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he Model Customs Collectorate of Customs House Peshawar has generated Rs9624.72million revenue from July to November in the current FY2017-18. This was stated by Collector Customs Gul Rahman at the MCC Peshawar while talking with Customs Today. The MCC Peshawar has received a great deal of duty collection
in the last few months of current FY. The Customs House Peshawar will be further equipped in order to consolidate the mechanism by which tax net could be enlarged further according to the incorporated capacity bylaws of the Customs Acts, he further added. The MCC Peshawar generated Rs3871.47million of Customs Duty with 31.97 percent growth compared to the progressive assigned targets and it has generated Rs2139.70million as Sale Tax from July to November of current
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FY2017-18 with 05.31 percent increase regarding the collection done in the progressive months. In the same way, an amount of Rs2270.87million revenue was collected as With Holding Tax from July to November during the current FY201718 with 15.57 percent growth compared to progressive months’ collections done by the MMC Peshawar. The MCC Peshawar collected an amount of Rs97.18million of Federal Excise Duty from 1st of July till 30th of November during the current FY2017-18.
‘MCC Peshawar generates extraordinary duty collection in last few months’
Customs Intelligence seizes vehicles & goods worth Rs50.75 million
‘Customs Central Region posts growth of 42pc in CD from July to Nov’
‘China customs handles 2,773 cases of smuggling from Jan, Oct’
MCC Hyderabad frustrates smuggling attempt after enhancing checking
MCC Peshawar has generated Rs9624.72m revenue from July to Nov | See pAge 01 |
Customs I&I impounded foreign origin vehicles and miscellaneous goods | See pAge 02 |
Customs Central Region has successfully posted a growth of 42pc collection | See pAge 05 |
Chinesecustomsauthoritieshandled2,773 cases of smuggling in the first 10 months | See pAge 07 |
MCC Hyderabad has enhanced the checking on the main routes of the city | See pAge 08 |
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IDP generates Rs24.675m more CD during two months Tuesday, December 12, 2017
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Dry Port (IDP) earned Rs24.675million extra Customs Duty (CD) during the first two months of 2nd Quarter (OctoberNovember) Fiscal Year 2017-18 against the assigned revenue target. According to details given by sources of the IDP that, during above said period, the IDP showed satisfactory performance. Sources added that, during the first two months of 2nd Quarter FY17-18, the IDP was allocated a CD collection target of Rs547.589million whereas the IDP received Rs563.505million under the same head.
customs Intelligence seizes vehicles & goods worth Rs50.75 million
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he Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta confiscated huge number of luxury vehicles tires and imported wiper motors worth Rs 5.50 million. Sources told Customs Today that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Irfan Javed received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle large number of luxury vehicles tires and imported wiper motors from Quetta to Karachi. He immediately constituted a raiding team. The team incharge, Zahid Shah belongs to Customs Preventive and enhanced surveillance on the highway road and started searching of vehicles. During the search operation, the team intercepted a 20 feet container bearing registration no: KH-0217 which was going out of the city. During the checking, he customs team recovered 70 imported vehicles tyres and 500 luxury vehicles wiper motors worth Rs 5.50 million. The customs team seized the all items and arrested three smugglers. The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation registered an FIR against the smuggler and start investigations. Source said it was a 2nd raid in the month of December.
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irectorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation impounded foreign origin vehicles and miscellaneous goods worth Rs50.75 million during the month of November of on-going Fiscal Year 2017-18. According to details, Customs Intelligence and Investigation has intensiLied their anti-smuggling operations in the jurisdiction during the month of November on the clear directions of Director General Customs Intelligence Shaukat Ali .Deputy Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Khial Muhammad Khan carried out various anti-smuggling operations against smuggled goods and vehicles in the territory on the basis of intelligence. During the above said period Customs Intelligence teams detected 19 seizure cases during antismuggling drive in the jurisdiction. Customs Intelligence and Investigation impounded vehicle along with miscellaneous goods of Rs.25.85 million during their crackdown in November 2017-18.Customs Intelligence and Investigation has also seized huge quantity of Aghan origin timber (Diyyar Wood) in their action worth Rs6.055 million including truck . Field Intelligence Unit of Sadiqabad region has seized seven
Quetta customs confiscates luxury vehicles, tyres worth Rs5.50m
various non-customs paid vehicles of Rs.17 million in their crackdown during November 2017-18.Customs Intelligence has enhanced the monitoring of coming goods from cross border to curb smuggling of goods and vehicles in their region. There were three different seizure cases of Rs.7.9 million of smuggled and miscellaneous goods formed by Customs Intelligence and Investiga-
tion in the region of Dera Ghazi Khan during their various actions in November. Seizure cases of vehicles and auto parts worth Rs5 million formed in Multan region during the month of January in their different action. Customs Intelligence and Investigation has boosted patrolling of the goods and vehicles at the Taunsa region to curtail any sort of smuggling in the jurisdiction. Customs Intelligence
and Investigation has seized almost Rs5.50 million of vehicles and articles in their various anti-smuggling actions in the Sadiqabad region to restrain smuggling in jurisdiction. Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has seized Jimmy Sierra ,Toyota Premio X ,Toyota Hilux Surf, Toyota Fielder, Toyota Vitz and others vehicles in their crack down in the jurisdiction.
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irector General National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Multan Atiqur Rehman said that NAB recovered 4316 plots in different property scams and handed over to affectees during its two and half year working in the region. “NAB is striving hard to eliminate menace of corruption from society. The conviction rate of Multan’s
NAB cases remained 76 per cent, which is proof of its performance. About Rs 2262 millions were recovered from different scams and handed back to affectees or deposited in government exchequer”. DG NAB Atiqur Rehman expressed these views in a seminar held in connection with He informed that NAB recovered Rs 1.22 billion in one scam, which affected nearly 200,000 people. Similarly, Rs 370 million was recovered from a government ofLicial in an-
other scam. “NAB Multan also recovered 3000 plots in one housing society scam and returned these to real heirs”, Atiqur Rehman maintained. During its inception from 2015, Multan NAB ofLice took action on 188 cases. About complaints, the DG NAB informed that they responded to 5800 complaints during the period. He added that NAB also constituted different committees including Public Procurement Authority to review process of purchase in government departments.
“We are also studying matter pertaining to illegal occupation on state-land, and irrigation canals”. NAB introduced 7000 character building societies in Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions, where in it enjoys 40,000 membership. DG NAB hoped that these character building societies would surely play important role in abolishing menace of corruption. He urged citizens to resist against corruption. Masses cooperation is vital im-
portance for elimination of the menace. Director NAB Multan Abdul Hafeez Khan also spoke and informed that discretionary powers in departments were also causing corruption. There is more corruption, where the heads of departments enjoy more discretionary powers. NAB is also working to ensure merit policy in departments. NAB will give recommendations for minimizing discretionary powers as it is studying different departments in this regard.
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he Customs Central Region has successfully posted a growth of 42 percent in collection of customs duty from July to November during the financial year 2017-18 as compared to the same period last year. The region collected additional customs duty of Rs 6,661 million during the period under review. On the other hand, the region also posted a positive growth of 35 percent by collecting Rs 1,499 million during the month of November during the current financial year. Anti-smuggling performance has also improved 100 percent in some Collectorates while in others it is over 50 percent. These views were expressed by the Chief Collector of Customs Zeba Hai Azhar while giving an exclusive interview to Customs Today here the other day. Zeba is known as outstanding, upright and competent officer of the Pakistan Customs Service. All the four collectors of Customs Central Region are experienced and seasoned staff running their Collectoartes efficiently, ensuring sizable growth in revenue collection, trade and industry facilitation and taking intense antismuggling measures to bring down the menace of smuggling to the lowest-ebb, she said. Faisalabad Collectorate has performed tremendously under the guidance of Collector of Customs Muhammad Sadiq as exports have increased to a significant level while more than 100 containers of export goods and articles are being cleared from the Faisalabad Collectorate, the Chief Collector informed.
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“Earlier a number of issues were problematic there, however, since the incumbent Collector assumed his charge, many issues have been resolved and things have started improving there, she said adding that the measures taken against smuggling have proved instrumental in overcoming the smuggling evil,” Azhar said, adding that collector of Customs Sadiq undertook audits of major companies and recovered pending duty and taxes that enabled the Collectorate to show significant revenue growth. While talking about Multan Collectorate, she said that the Collectorate is also doing very well as oil based products are being frequently cleared and revenue position has improved marvelously going up while Customs Appraisement has also showed a size-
able growth in the revenue collection, she explained, adding further the Collectoartes ASO team has conducted a number of operations against the elements involved in smuggling of gutka and cigarettes. “The Multan Collectoarte is performing wonderfully under the leadership of Collector of Customs Saud Imran who explored new avenue of revenue collection and created preclusion against smuggling,” she highlighted further. She added that the Collectorate of Customs Preventive Lahore is also not lagging behind any other Collectorate instead it has showed a positive growth of 34 percent in revenue collection and brought down the smuggling down remarkably. To a question about the mega seizure of Rs 300 million of Q-Mobile Warehouse in Behria Town, she said that it is very difficult to impound such godowns but the anti-smuggling team of Customs Preventive has made it possible and they should be appreciated, adding that our ASO teams kept waiting there for the owners who could produce any legal clearance documents against the mobiles and its accessories but no one came there to claim the responsibility of the godown and showed any legal doce r a n Re g i o uments against the millions of rul a r t ff n s ce d sta e m pees illegally dumped mobiles n o t o s s a , cu and se ientl y and accessories. “Finally the c d e ffi c e n ie rtes a ASO has to detain all the stock o t e exper c u e en oll in rev illegally stored,” she said. heir c t h t g w n i o y e gr l runn r t In answer to question about b s a u z i d in ing s more seizures of illegally imie and t d ensur n a a r t e , tion ported Q-Mobile, she replied that intens collec n taking d n these operations are information g dow a n i n r o b i t a res to based and “we have to keep the e facilit measu g to th g n i l information highly secrets”. g ugglin ug
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t a time Pakistan is trying to improve political and business relations with Afghanistan and India, the Asian Development Bank has suggested that Pakistan has the potentials to become a trade hub in the region in the wake of rapid development in several European and Asian countries. On east side of Pakistan, there is a permanent enemy which has been rejecting the hand of friendship and oers of healthy business and trade relations. The neighbour on the west is so-called brotherly Islamic country, but has been toeing the line of India to keep its hostility alive against Pakistan without any logic or reasons. Pakistan has always supported Afghan people in thick and thin, but it has stabbed in the back whenever it has a chance to do so. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,which was setup decades ago, to enhance cooperation in the fields of political, business and trade among the partner countries, has lost its utility at the hands of India. The extremists’ government in India does not want to dissolve this forum, but keep it in cold storage to block the entry of China in it. There are inherent flaws in the Indian diplomacy which all the way and all the times revolve around Pakistan. It is very pleasant to hear the comment from Xiaohong Yang, the ADB Country Director, that with the rapid economic expansion of Russia, India, China and Japan, and Europe economies, there is a unique opportunity for Pakistan to emerge as the centre of trade and commerce. But Indian leadership will hit its own feet to harm the Pakistani interests. The bank oďŹƒcial has launched the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation Strategy 2030, a new long-term strategic framework for the regional cooperation, which will open a platform of regional cooperation and will connect people, policies and projects for shared and sustainable development. However, there is no one there to convince New Delhi that this is an era of economic development. The wars are now fought on the economic fronts and not on the war fronts. Trade between Pakistan and China is growing but the level of trade is low with Iran, Afghanistan and India due to various geopolitical reasons. However, it is in the interest of India to establish close friendly relations with Pakistan and get access to the central Asian states and Europe.
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non-governmental organization has conducted a study, covering 30 variables to ascertain the future prospects of the country in next 10 years. The study discusses 30 years trends of improvement and decline, forecasting each variable on the basis of 20 years of past data to again assessed the best possible and the worst possible values in 10 years. The study, Pakistan State of Future Index, claims that Pakistan leads the region in future research in public space and that is area where the nation is winning. The report also sees signiLicant growth potentials of in-
ternet and technology which could lead to builds conLidence in the stake holders and decisionmakers to draft policy frameworks for well-being of the people. The State of Future Index, developed by the Millennium Project, is an effort to measure the changing state of the future. The index highlights the national and global conditions and incorporated it in the study conducted by international organizations in 2000. In that study, at least 15 global challenges were identiLied, involving various countries of Asia, Africa and Europe. According to the experts, who launched the project in Pakistan, the study is a useful tool to objectively evaluate the direction and trends of
Pakistan as it supports the decision-making process of key stakeholders, to reach conclusions and achieve optimal results. Newspaper reports suggest that more than 100 citizens participated in the real-time Delphi study and more than 20 academics extended their judgment on the selected variables, including 18 universities across the country. According to a representative of a world organization, the Pakistani politics oscillated between civil and military rules and that the study covers different questions about the shape of the country when it will be hundred years old. The study calls for coordination in various segments of the formal and informal sectors of the
country including participation of the government and non-government organization in studying the future prospects of the country. The launching of the study, which covers possible trends of social and economic sectors of the country during next 10 years, is a good omen as the political uncertainty is leaving little room for the government policymakers to initiate such venture. It is hoped the stakeholders whether in the government or the private sector will go through the study to devise their future course of actions. There are several think tanks working in the private sector and they should also make public their studies about social and economic conditions of the country.
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Ireland needs to stop corrosive Apple tax row dragging on Tuesday December 12, 2017
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DUBLIN: The discourse in Britain about Irish concerns over the border on the island of Ireland after Brexit has deteriorated rapidly and US President Donald Trump had attacked American companies for locating operations here. It comes as Ireland is being increasingly associated with complex tax avoidance by multinationals. This week Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz told the Irish Times that the country was part of a “fiscal paradise” used by companies to “park money and avoid paying taxes”. In the background is another row which resurfaced this week and has the potential to lead to worsening relations with both Europe and Apple.
‘china customs handles 2,773 cases of smuggling from Jan, oct’
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hinese customs authorities handled 2,773 cases of smuggling in the first 10 months of this year, part of a nationwide crackdown, the China Daily reported citing a senior official. The 2017 “Sword Guarding the Country’s Gate” campaign netted 233 smuggling cases involving weapons and ammunition, 474 cases related to illegal drugs and 86 related to endangered species, according to Huang Songping, a spokesman with China’s General Administration of Customs. He said 56 of the cases involved rice smuggling, with traders trying to avoid paying duties on imports worth a total of 1.6 billion yuan ($242.09 million). Previous cases this year involved the import of Thai white
Deputy pm approves Hapro’s equitisation plan eputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has approved the equitisation plan of Hà Nội Trade Corporation (Hapro). The trade company has been valued at over VNĐ2.8 trillion (US$122.8 million) and has a charter capital of VNĐ2.2 trillion, equivalent to 220 million shares. Under Hapro’s equitisation plan, the State would divest entirely from the trading company. More than 1 million shares, or 0.49 per cent of its charter capital, would be sold to its employees and 143 million shares, or 65 per cent of the charter capital, to strategic investors. The rest would be sold to the public. The initial price was set at VNĐ12,800 per share. Hapro operates in import and export, commercial services, domestic trade and trade infrastructure development. –CB Report
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sugar, with nine arrested for trying to evade customs inspections by disguising their ship as a domestic vessel and entering the port of Yancheng, which is not open to overseas traffic. China also cracked down on an oil smuggling ring in which a criminal gang bought 400 million yuan worth of overseas oil products and
sold it to gas stations in Zhejiang province, the customs authority said in a notice last month. China’s environment ministry said this week that as many as 259 people had been arrested this year for smuggling more than 300,000 tonnes of foreign waste into the country for recycling and reprocessing.
British factory sales boom as export demands from european markets increase
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ales are booming at British factories thanks to strong international demand. Companies are seeing strong growth in exports and orders from European markets in particular, according to the manufacturing group EEF and accountancy Lirm BDO. They said output in the fourth quarter rose by 34 per cent and total orders increased by 30 per cent, and upgraded their forecasts for 2018, predicting the
manufacturing sector would grow more quickly than the rest of the economy. British factories: Forecasts for 2018 sales have been upgraded after total orders increased by 30% during fourth quarter To address demand, Lirms are making their biggest investments in more than three years. Lee Hopley, EEF chief economist, said factories had contributed more to the UK economy than expected. –CB Report
ussia still expects to export 45 million tonnes of grain in the 2017/18 marketing year which started on July 1, Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV. His forecast includes 35 million tonnes of wheat. Tkachev also added that there was no need for Russia to increase tomato imports from Turkey. Meanwhile, Russian government stimulates export of exotic products by tax incentives during the next two year. The country will target on production and export of deer horns, cedar nuts, wild fruits and mushrooms, which are considered as goods with high added value, shows the program of the Agriculture Ministry by 2020.
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According to the document, the government agencies planned compensation for transport costs, customs duties and export certificates for deer horns. This is particularly true for young, blood-filled horns that are used in alternative medicine and cosmetics. The main importers of these products are the Asian countries. In 2016, the Republic of Altai delivered more than 13.7 tons of deer horns to Hong Kong, but exports to Korea have declined. Last year, a total of 91 tons of horns was exported from Russia for over 28 million USD. The country also planes incentives for the export of wild mushrooms, berries, nuts, birch juice and herbs that will be promoted through protected geographic names. The producers are considering tax preferences similar to farmers. A program for the development of food forest resources will be developed, legislation is being planned and modernized.
Italian ‘web tax’ A Step closer taly’s senate budget committee has approved a proposal to introduce a tax on certain digital sales. Under the proposal, contained in an amendment to the 2018 budget law, businesses and individuals purchasing services from major online platforms such as search engines and social media websites will be required to withhold six percent of the amount and remit it to the Italian tax authority. The tax is designed to increase the tax take from large internet companies like google and facebook and will raise an estimated EUR114m (USD135m) per year in revenue.
Certain taxpayers, such as small businesses, will be exempt from the measure, as will transactions by individuals of less than EUR30 in value.If approved by parliament, which is expected by the end of the year, the tax would enter into effect in January 2019. The government intends to clarify the exact scope of the measure by April 2018. Meanwhile, Italy’s consumer conLidence strengthened unexpectedly in October to the strongest level in nearly two years, while business conLidence improved for the third straight month, survey data from the statistical ofLice. –CB Report
woman caught trying to smuggle bologna into US
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ustoms and Border Protection agents in El Paso say a woman who initially told inspectors she had nothing to declare as she was entering the country from Mexico was found carrying 227 pounds of contraband bologna in her car.
The discovery last week was made at a secondary examination station and after the woman amended her declaration statement. The 23 tubes of meat were hidden under the rear seats of her car. The bologna contains pork and isn’t allowed into the country. OfLicers seized and destroyed the bologna and the driver was a given a $1,000 Line. Meanwhile, A fugitive wanted for
homicide-murder was taken into custody by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Alejandro Flores, 30, was turned over to CBP ofLicers around 3:30 p.m. after being escorted by Mexican law enforcement to the pedestrian crossing in San Ysidro. Pete Flores, Director of Field Operations for CBP, said, “This is a true testament of our efforts and partner-
ship with Mexican ofLicials, that we are all doing our part to keep binational communities safe.” Flores has been extradited to Los Angeles, where he will face charges. According to jail records, Flores was taken into custody by an LAPD fugitive task force Tuesday evening and booked into Valley Jail in Van Nuys. Flores is being held on bail for $5.2 million.
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DC Saima Ayaz orders to confiscate smuggled diesel, trailer FAISALABAD: The Collectorate of Customs Adjudication Deputy Collector Saima Ayaz ordered to confiscate foreign origin diesel oil 299-drums as 47450-kgs which was brought into country without payment of customs duty and taxes. Deputy Collector Saima Ayaz heard a case filed by Customs Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) against Abdul Ghaffar consignor and Muhammad Naeem. She issued Order in Original (ONO) No 202/2017 in favour of the customs department and ordered to seize the diesel oil under the customs laws.
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he Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad has enhanced the checking on the main routes of the city. Due to this strict measure, the customs authorities foiled an attempt of smuggling in the last week of November 2017-18. Collector Hyderabad Customs Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle foreign origin polythene shoppers and Rani Juices. He immediately constituted a Customs Preventive team comprising Superintendent Sikander Akbar Phanwar, Inspector Rana Shahbaz, Sepoys Abid Ali, Abdul Razzaque, Muhamad Ahmed, Hawaldar and Driver Aijaz Ali and others. The customs team established some pickets at the main entry and exit points of the bypass Hyderabad. During the checking of the vehicles, customs team intercepted a trailer with registration No: TLK-617. The team recovered 100 PP bags, 2,500 kg of foreign origin polythene shoppers and foreign origin 200 crates of Rani juice made in Iran. The market value of the seized items
is worth Rs716208 including duties and taxes. Prior to the recovery, the customs team asked the driver of the vehicle for producing the legal
documents regarding the possession of the vehicle and transportation of the goods items but he failed to provide any relevant documents.
So the ofLicials impounded the items and registered a case against the accused under the customs bylaws. MCC Hyderabad Collector Akhlaq
Ahmad Khattaq and Additional Collector Dr Aamer Nawaz Hamid have appreciated the performance of their subordinates.
govt should ensure transparency in mega projects: pBIF ISLAMABAD
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resident Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid Hussain on said the government should ensure transparency in mega projects and ensure fair and equitable treatment to local and foreign investors. Unbiased and even-handed
treatment will help government win the trust of local and foreign business community, he said. Mian Zahid Hussain said that the trust of the local and foreign private sector is necessary to make these projects successful in the long run which will result in expanded production, more jobs and additional revenue. He said that recently the government decided to make payments to Live power projects under CPEC on preferential basis and keep them insulated from the infamous circular debt. On the other hand the local investors who have established power plants were
never paid in time majority of them is still awaiting payments to the tune of tens of billions. Such
decisions can be termed preferential treatment which is not good for the country and the business
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community which is still willing to invest in heavily these projects, the former minister warned. He noted that secrecy will never help promote conLidence of investors in the economic corridor and other related projects which is set to change the fate of Pakistan by providing uncountable opportunities. Transparency will not only help investors to take critical and timely decisions but it will also improve the image of the country while unnecessary conLidentiality and non-disclosure can damage the projects, the veteran business leader observed.