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ollector Model Customs Collectorate Sialkot Ahmed Rauf said that Sialkot Customs Collectorate ofNicials are striving hard to achieve targets of current Ninancial year assigned

by FBR. Different items worth Rs4.03million are pending for auction while their RPs being revised as per items’ physical conditions.

The collectorate has stopped exports made to tariff area without Goods Declaration (GDs). This was stated

by Collector Customs Model Collectorate (MCC) Sialkot Ahmed Rauf while talking to Customs Today during an exclusive interview.

He said the collectorate is revising RPs of goods i.e. Rs1.01million worth electronic items which comprise LEDs, ACs, DVE home systems and foreign origin fabric valued at Rs0.94million, surgical goods priced at Rs0.68million, supports

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wears (returned goods) worth Rs0.53million, printing ink tuners valued Rs0.46million and tyres worth Rs0.41million. Telling details of the Anti-Smuggling Organization of Sialkot’s performance during the 1st-Quarter (July to September) Financial Year (FY) 2016-17 and FY1718, he said that, during 1st-Q FY16-17, the ASO Sialkot registered a total of 11 cases worth Rs54.536million whereas the ASO registered 13 cases amounting to Rs69.536million during 1st-Q FY17-18.

Sialkot collectorate striving hard to achieve targets: Collector Rauf

ASO Hyderabad Customs earns Rs 808.632 million: Collector Akhlaq

Islamabad Customs fares outstandingly by posting 106.81% increase in revenue

Dutch pensioners arrested smuggling 100kgs of hashish into Norway

Govt must focus on increasing exports: Zeeshan Khalil

MCC Sialkot Rauf said that Sialkot Customs Collectorate officials are striving hard | See pAge 01 |

The MCC has received Rs 808.632 million in 17 days of October 2017-18 | See pAge 02 |

MCC Islamabad received surplus revenue of Rs67.43million as all duties and taxes | See pAge 05 |

A Dutch retired couple have been arrested for trying to smuggle 100 kilos of cannabis | See pAge 07 |

The govt must focus on increasing exports by facilitating local industry | See pAge 08 |

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‘24 power projects to be executed across country under CPEC’ Saturday, October 28, 2017

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior, Muhammad Talal Chaudhry has informed the Senate that five power projects having capacity to generate 2520 megawatts electricity have so far been completed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in the country. Replying to a question during the Question Hour, Talal Chaudhry said that two of these projects have been completed in Punjab and three in Sindh province. To a question, he said 24 projects will be completed under CPEC all over the country that will help overcome energy shortage in the country and end power loadshedding.

ASo hyderabad customs earns Rs 808.632 million: collector Akhlaq

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he Customs Adjudication Deputy Collector Saima Ayaz conducted hearing of 17 cases related to smuggling and tax evasion. Sources told Customs Today, that nine cases were forwarded by Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) Mianwali against Fazal ur Rehman, Javid Iqbal, Ansar Ali, Ghulab Khan, Nisar Ahmed and others.

Three cases were submitted by ASO Sargodha against Arif ullah, Abdul Ghaffar, and Iqbal Ali who are allegedly involved in usmuggling of diesel oil sofa cloth and Land Cruiser body case. The deputy collector also heard four cases which were submitted by Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I), Faisalabad in which a case of impounded porcelain tiles, different goods, foreign origin blankets, and ball bearing 792 numbers against Muneebur Rehman, Kala Khan, Zafar Munshi, and Muhammad Nazir. The Faisalabad Bonds branch referred a case of audit recovery.

The case was registered against M/s Bilal Textile Faisalabad. After conducting hearing of cases, Deputy Collector Saima Ayaz adjourned hearing of all these cases until next dates. The deputy collector directed all relevant parties to ensure their appearance during next date of hearing.

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he Model Customs Collectorate has received Rs 808.632 million during 17 days of October 2017-18 against the assigned target of Rs 1181.27 million during the month of October 2017-18. According to details, Hyderabad and Sukkur divisions have generated customs duty of Rs 234.395 million, sales tax of Rs 541.922 million, special FED on imports Rs 4.056 million and withholding tax (WHT) of Rs 28.259 million during 17 days of October 2017-18.

Sources told Customs Today that Customs Collectorate generated this amount from SWH, dry port, Hyderabad Bonded Warehouse, SWH State Warehouse, Export Hyderabad and KPR (Zero Point) and also from M/s Atlas and M/s Pakistan State Oil (PSO).

The Customs Collectorate Hyderabad, Anti-Smuggling Organization, (ASO) also impounded non duty paid vehicles including three oil tankers Nilled with 85000 liters of smuggled Iranian High Speed Diesel (HSD), foreign origin non duty paid cigarettes of different brands and cloths, auto parts, mobile phone and other contraband items worth million of rupees were also conNiscated during the month of September.

Sources told that under the supervision of Collector Akhlaq Ah-

Dc Adjudication Saima hears 17 cases of smuggling

mad Khattaq, Additional Collector Dr Aamer Nawaz hamid Deputy Collector Basat Hussain Deputy Collector Dry Port Kalimullah , Principal Appraiser Mashuq Ali Panhwar, Appraiser Ashir, Appraiser Tabassum and Superintendent Statistical Revenue played an important role

in revenue collection, ofNicials said.

They added that the anti-smuggling campaign is in full swing in the region following the direction of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq in order to enhance the revenue generation

It is necessary to mention here that Customs Collectorate Hyderabad is using all available resources to recover the outstanding dues from tax defaulters and also adopting necessary measures to generate more revenue to meet the collection target set for FY2017/18.

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he NAB is presently examining all cases of offshore companies, including those unearthed by the Panama Papers to ensure across-the-board accountability. NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said that he was presently studying the cases of offshore companies to see what wrong had been done. The mere opening of

an offshore company was not illegal, he said, explaining that only those who had misused such companies would be proceeded against. He said that NAB had to Nirst determine what crime had been committed.

When the newly-appointed chairman NAB was asked if the Panama Papers probe by NAB would also go beyond Nawaz Sharif and his family, he said, “Yes, I am presently examining cases of all offshore companies.”

“There will be no pick and choose

policy but across-the-board accountability,” he assured, adding that NAB is not an institution to be used either for victimisation or for politics. Although, the Panama Papers had named over 400 Pakistanis owning offshore companies, during the last one and a half years only the cases of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children have been probed following the orders of the apex court.

In April last year, the ICIJ had revealed names throughout the world,

including of Pakistani politicians, businessmen, bankers as well as a serving high court judge and a retired judge, who were reported to have offshore companies. Over 400 Pakistanis were identiNied in the Panama Papers to have offshore companies.

Following the disclosures of the ICIJ, neither NAB nor FIA had shown any interest to probe the matter.

This indifference on part of the top two anti-corruption state institutions led to some of the political par-

ties approaching the apex court to get the matter probed.

Different petitions were filed, including some demanding probe against all those named in the offshore companies; however the SC chose to take up the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his children only. A JIT was also constituted to probe the Sharifs, which led to Nawaz Sharif ’s disqualification and consequent ouster from the office of the prime minister.

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he Model Customs Collectorate Islamabad received surplus revenue of Rs67.43million as all duties and taxes during the Nirst 20 days of October Financial Year 2017-18 against the monthly assigned revenue target under the same head.

According to details given by Dr. Saeed Khan Jadoon, Collector Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Islamabad, that the Customs Collectorate Islamabad showed 106.81% increase under all the tax heads during initial 20 days of current month (October FY1718) against the allocated revenue target.

The collectorate showed outstanding performance in collection of Sales Tax during 20 days against the earmarked revenue target with the achievement of 273% growth against the assigned target for the whole month. During the Nirst 20 days of October FY17-18, the collectorate earned surplus amount of Rs41.51million of Customs Duty (CD) against the allocated proportional (1st to 20th October Fy17-18) revenue target. He said the MCC Islamabad collected Rs341.56million as CD against the earmarked proportional revenue target of Rs300.05. The collectorate generated Rs235.53million during the Nirst 20 days of October FY16-17 under the same head.

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Saeed Khan said that, during initial 20 days toms Collectorate Islamabad focussed on the of October FY17-18, the Collectorate of Is- external audit of the corresponding Financial lamabad collected Rs323.31million addi- Years 2012-13 and 2014-15. This was said by tional revenue under head as Sales Tax (ST) Additional Collector Nisar Ahmad Phulleragainst the assigned proportional revenue wan, Additional Collector Air Freight Unit target of Rs187.21million for said period. (AFU) Islamabad. He told Customs Today The collectorate earned Rs220.35million that, during the past Ninancial years, the audit extra revenue of ST during the first 20 days reportws wre neglected, but now Collector of October FY17-18 against the monthly Model Collectorate (MCC) Islamabad is earmarked target of Rs290.17million. The mainly focussing on the external audit. To collectorate received Rs510.52million in maintain the audit report, the collectorate is initial 20 days against above said preparing audit reports of Islamabad Dry monthly target of ST for October Port, Air Freight Unit and State Ware FY17-18. The collectorate House situated at G-10 Islamabad, he generated Rs212.04million added. as ST during 20 initial days of October FY16-17, collector said.

The collector informed CT that, during the Nirst 20 days of October FY17-18, the collectorate got Rs202.0million of Income Tax against the allocated target of Rs142.70million while, during oon said period, the MCC Islamabad an Jad h K d e earned Rs3.90million as Fed. Sae orate tor Dr ollect c s eral Excise Duty (FED) against collec m o t n the el cus the earmarked target of f Mod ssed o o u c o f Rs9.30million of FED for the bad f the Islama Nirst 20 days of October FY17udit o a l a n Years exter 18. Meanwhile, the newly apancial n i F g n pointed Collector Dr. Saeed 15 pondi 2014corres d Khan Jadoon of Model Cusn a 3 1

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According to newspaper reports, the government has obtained a short-term loan of $450million from a consortium of local and foreign banks to arrest the sliding foreign currency reserves which have depleted by $4.4 billion in one year.

However, it is yet to ascertain the interest rate which the government will pay on the short-term facility. Reports suggest that the loan agreement is the third of its kind which Pakistan has signed with Credit Suisse during the last five months, showing a bitter fact that the government’s dependence on foreign financing is growing. Earlier, the government had signed two loan agreements of $650 million with the same agency. With the third loan agreement, the volume of Pakistan’s total commercial loans has increased to $703 million not in three years but in three months. The chief of army staff has already expressed concern over the burden of sky-high debts on the nation and it is yet to be seen to which way the government policymakers are leading the country. The move also puts a question mark on the ability of the government to achieve financial stability.

The regular channels of inflow of money from abroad are drying up and probably the government has only one choice and that is to get fresh loans. The independent economists and financial experts have also expressed concern over the growing vulnerabilities of the country’s economy.With injection of $450 million fresh loan, foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan have increased to $14.158 billion. This is the level of financial management which has been pushing the country to the point of no return. The exports have been falling and remittances sent by Pakistani expatriates are also dwindling, putting burden on the foreign currency reserves, which considerably dropped during the last one year.The dirty international politics is pushing the country toward another war on terror and security challenges are growing with increasing incidents of terrorism across the country. The accumulation of foreign commercial loans has also increased the external debt servicing during the last three years.

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ccording to national and international media reports, the Internet currency, Bitcoin, has set a new record breaking through the $6,100 barrier.

The currency has reached a record valuation of $100 billion for the first time ever in its history. The rise of cryptocurrency is attributed to another upcoming split in Bitcoin known as a “fork” which again led to the creation of another cryptocurrency called Bitco in gold. The Bitcoin holders are likely to get Bitcoin gold or ‘free money’ whenever it is issued.Bitcoin is different from regular currency issued by a gov-

ernment that could be inflated at its will.In Pakistan Bitcoin is illegal as the State Bank of Pakistan has not allowed the currencies like Bitcoin to operate in the country. The government agencies have already started taking action against OneCoin and Bitcoin. The bank has not specified the reasons for opposition the cryptocurrency. However, the Pakistan Information Technology Board is supporting efforts to earn Bitcoin which means the government institutions are not on the same page on the issue.

The Bitcoin is mathematically limited to 21 million Bitcoins and that could never be changed.Reports suggest the in-

vestors are betting on Bitcoin,holding its status despite the split and the currency has already undergone a fork in August when a new cryptocurrency called Bitcoin cash was created.

However, Bitcoin has continued to perform amid rumors that China could reverse its ban on cryptocurrency exchanges which will give Bitcoin a boost. World economists believe the value of a Bitcoin could reach $10,000 in the next six to 10 months.The currency has been getting boost by favorable regulation in Japan which has allowed companies to accept the digital currency as payment. Incidentally, at least 57 percent of the trade in Bitcoin is executed in Japanese yen.The

United States, on the other hand, has staked out a more cautious middle-ground where the financial firmsare told to get license for trades in the currency.However, the US government has exempted individuals and retailers from buying and selling of the currency from the permission.

The national regulators of that country are keeping themselves at distance, but are monitoring the activity closely.

It is the time for authorities to decide the issue as Pakistan cannot be singled out in the comity of nations. Pakistan is likely to become IT hub in the future, but still it is waiting for the operations of online banks such as PayPal in the country.

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Volvo Malaysia to expand export market in Asean Saturday October 28, 2017

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KUALA LUMPUR: Volvo Car Malaysia, which currently exports to Thailand and Taiwan, plans to add three more export destinations in Asean for all its locally assembled models, namely Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. It has also earmarked Laos and Cambodia as potential new markets. The company said it anticipates its export volume, which stands at 1,800 now, to reach close to 5,000 cars per annum “in the next few years”. Models that are currently assembled at its production facility in Shah Alam are the newly launched S90 T8 Twin Engine, XC90 T8 Twin Engine, XC60, S60 and V40. With that, Volvo Car Malaysia managing director Lennart Stegland said it is “comfortable with carrying out production and is well established” in Shah Alam, contrary to previous reports that it would be producing cars in Tanjung Malim, where sister company Proton Holdings Bhd currently has a plant.

Dutch pensioners arrested for smuggling 100kgs of hashish

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Dutch retired couple have been arrested in Norway for trying to smuggle 100 kilos of cannabis into the country, according to Norwegian media reports. The couple, a man aged 68 and a woman aged 75, had hidden the drugs throughout their car. They were caught following a tip-off trying to enter Norway after travelling by ferry from Denmark. Customs ofNicials found 55 kilos hidden in the boot and further packages containing 20 and 25 kilos in secret compartments under the Nloor. The haul is the biggest cannabis Nind ever made in Bergen with a street value of up to €11m, Norwegian media said. The arrests were made on September 5 but have only now been made public. The Dutch foreign affairs ministry is looking into the

Bangladesh tea prices rally for eighth week ea prices in Bangladesh rose at the weekly auction for the eighth time in a row due to robust demand for quality leaves amid tight supplies. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average price of 230.27 taka ($2.79) per kg at the auction, compared with 229.72 taka at the previous sale, the National Brokers said. There was strong demand and buyers were ready to pay premiums while supplies were lower than in the last sale, it said. About 17.4 percent of the 1.09 million kg offered at the sole auction centre in Chittagong remained unsold. In the previous auction, 10.4 percent of the 1.36 million kg on offer was unsold. Bangladesh’s tea production rose nearly 27 percent last year to a record 85 million kg, a harvest that was seen as big enough to make imports unnecessary. –CB Report

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case, RTL Nieuws said.

Meanwhile, Oslo District Court sentenced on Tuesday former policeman Eirik Jensen to 21 years in prison for gross corruption and conspiracy to smuggle hashish.

Drug trafNicker Gejmund Capelen was sentenced to 15 years’s imprisonment for drug smuggling and corruption, reports broadcaster NRK. The court gave Jensen the longest possible sentence, saying that there were no mitigating circumstances,

according to the report. Additionally, Jensen was employed in several leading police roles during the period in which he committed the crimes, according to the judgement issued by the court. “Jensen’s actions are seriously damaging to the public conNidence on which the police and rule of law depends,” Oslo District Court presiding judge Kim Heger said according to NRK. Heger added that that case was without precedent in Norwegian legal history.

canadian interest rates must be just right for a goldilocks economy

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anadians burdened by large mortgages and record consumer debt-to-income ratios can likely breathe a sigh of relief this week as they wait to see whether the Bank of Canada raises rates again. Of course, following the last rate hike that came as a bolt from the blue, one can never be sure. And while most of the recent data tells us the Canadian economy has gone off the kind of boil that

would make rate hikes mandatory, there is at least one statistic that indicates the central bank’s long-term prediction of higher inNlation is still on track. “InNlation models for sure are not broken,” Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said in Washington last weekend. So far the bank’s data shows the economy still has room to grow without bidding up the available supply of labour and capital. –CB Report

rime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said his administration wanted to boost exports to 20 billion US dollars in three years and foreign direct investment to 5 billion US dollars. In 2016 Sri Lanka’s exports fell to 10.3 billion dollars from 10.5 billion US dollars amid weak external demand.

In a policy statement presented to parliament he said per capita income would be raised to 5000 US dollars a year, from the current 3,843 US dollars. Foreign direct investments with loans fell to 1,079 million US dollars, down from 1,160 million in 2015, though investment which are not loans rose to 898 million dollars in 2016 from 680 million a year earlier.

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tion of firms in 2011 and a retrospective tax in 2015. Unlike export and FDI, which can be easily measured, gross domestic product calculations are estimates and the results may vary according to the methods and assumptions used.

Percapita GDP has stagnated at around 3,800 US dollars since 2014 after the calculation methodology revised output upwards and a currency collapse in 2015 and 2016 also hit the country and an inflation catch up was delayed amid falling global commodity prices.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s export earnings rose 15.5% to US$1,001 million in August 2017 from a year ago, the second month it has exceeded a billion dollars, but the trade deficit widened as import costs, especially fuel, also increased. The central bank said in a statement the increase in exports reflected the positive impact of the restoration of the GSP+ facility which gives duty free access to the European Union.

Malaysia’s jobless rate at 3.4% alaysia’s unemployment rate for August stood at 3.4%, dropped 0.1 percentage point compared with the previous month, according to the Department of Statistics. The better performance in the labour market was due to healthy expansions in both labour force and employment by 1.4% year-on-year (yo-y) accordingly, coupled with a drop in unemployed persons from 519,000 in July to 517,000 in August. MIDF Research expects the unemployment rate to average at 3.3% in 2017.

“Moving forward, we anticipate domestic as well as global economic activities will stay on upward trajectory

given key economic indicators are showing signs of optimism. “Therefore, we forecast global trade will improve further this year and Malaysia as an export-reliance economy will beneNit from the development via increase in exports demand and more jobs creation especially in the exports-oriented industries.” MIDF Research pointed out that job vacancies in July were at 143,900, the highest since November 2013. The hike in job vacancies is in line with robust performance of exports and industrial production in July which expanded strongly by 30.9% y-o-y and 6% y-oy respectively. –CB Report

Kuwait banking said to slow amid weak economy

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rowth in Kuwait’s banking sector will be slower than in recent years due to the impact of lower oil prices and production cuts, a study has claimed. The outlook for the Kuwaiti economy is “fairly weak”, with negative GDP growth of

1.1 percent predicted as oil production falls by 4.5 percent, according to the analysis by BMI Research.

This is having a negative impact on the banking sector, it said, with client loan growth averaging just 3.4 percent year on year during the seven months from January to July, compared to 7.2 percent in over the corresponding period in 2016.

As a result, the banking sector is

expected to become increasingly reliant on lending to the government as it presses ahead with capital spending despite Niscal cuts, BMI said. The bond portfolio in Kuwait’s banking sector averaged growth of 54 .5 percent over January to July, and has nearly doubled as a percentage of total assets over the past two years, to 11.9 percent. Rising government borrowing could “crowd out” further

growth of the private sector, BMI warned. Client deposits is expected to see only modest growth at 3 percent in 2018 and 4 percent in 2019, according to the report, compared to average 4.8 percent growth in 2016.

A return to oil production growth in 2018 will bolster Kuwait’s economy once more, with GDP set to expand by 3.5 percent in real terms, the report concluded.

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Multan Customs seized Toyota Hilux Surf MULTAN: Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization has impounded foreign origin smuggled vehicle of worth Rs.1.5 million in their action.

According to details, Anti-Smuggling Organization squad received information that foreign origin smuggled vehicle will be transported through Multan to Faisalabad. Anti-Smuggling Organization formed special teams including Inspector Rana Mujtaba Noon, Inspector Abdul Samad, Muhammad Yousaf and others to prevent any attempt of smuggling from region.

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govt must focus on increasing exports: Zeeshan Khalil LAHORE M hAYAt

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he government must focus on increasing exports by facilitating local industry to meet the trade deficit. Regulatory duty on imported items will increase smuggling in the country.

Levies like withholding tax (WHT) are discouraging the new taxpayers and obstructing the expansion of tax net.

These views were expressed by Lahore Chamber of commerce Industry (LCCI) Vice President Zeeshan Khalil while talking to Customs Today here the other day.

The vice president said that local industry should be given level playing Nield to increase exports while the raw material should be exempted from regulator duty so the traders using the raw-material could claim rebate on the Ninish goods.

He said that unjustiNied levies like withholding tax are discouraging the new taxpayers and obstructing the expansion of tax net. He said that chairman Federal Board of Revenue and chairman Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue should take immediate notice of this longstanding issue that is causing

trust deNicit between the business community and the government.

“New strategy will be evolved if these issues are not resolved by the end of this month,” Khalil said.

He said that indirect taxes are being removed gradually throughout the

world here in Pakistan these are contributing around 60 percent to the revenue despite the fact that expenses on this practice are higher than the collections. The LCCI VP said that FBR should stop harassing Nilers as non-Nilers and ones outside the tax net are

not accounted for at all which discourages businesses to come into the tax net. Registered businesses are required to comply with various departments involving a lot of Ninancial and time resources whereas unregistered businesses are free from all such

hassles. He highlighted that there are 3.5 million registered taxpayers out of which only around 1 million Nile their tax returns. Government should take all the measures to ensure Niling of returns by remaining 2.5 million individuals and businesses.

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he Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) personnel had foiled a bid to smuggle heroin to Abu Dhabi and arrested the accused. According to details, the ANF officials during body search of a passenger at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, who was flying to Abu Dhabi, recovered 60 heroin filled

capsules. The passenger was identified as Zakir hailing from Nowshera. A case was registered under narcotic act against him.

Meanwhile, The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has burnt some 1.5 ton of narcotics, seized during several anti-smuggling raids. The Corp-commander Karachi Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza was the Chief guest on the occasion. Lt General Shahid Baig speaking on the occasion appreciated the efforts of the ANF working to curb the smuggling of narcotics. He said that it is the responsibility of all of use to play

our role to get rid use of narcotics from the society. He further said that we need to create awareness

among the masses that use of drug is injurious for their health.

The Corp Commander also visited

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the drug Rehabilitation Centre and met with patients admitted there. He also met with the people who recovered from drug abuse. Sindh Rangers Director General Major General Muhammad Saeed, ANF Force Commander Brigadier Noor-ulHassan, senior civil and military officers and people belonging to various walks of life attended the ceremony. On the occasion school-students presented various performances including tableaus highlighting how use of narcotics affect health and society at large.