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Authorities seize chocolates from passenger at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi
* Development raises questions on scope of ban imposed by govt last weekwww.brecorder.com
Authorities at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi confiscated chocolates and confectionery items from a passenger on Monday, a development that raises questions on whether the ban on 38 imported items imposed by the government last week extends to personal items being brought by travellers in their luggage.
As per the Federal Board of Revenue's (FBR) receipt, 5kg of food stuff was detained from a passenger coming from Dubai under SRO 598(I)/2022.
The food was seized for "contravention of Custom Acts/ITC Regulations /Foreign Exchange Regulations/ Allied Laws."
Last week, the government imposed a ban on the import of all non-essential luxury items in its effort to steer the country out of its existing financial crisis. A bulging import bill is part of the problem.
Import ban: Commerce ministry notifies list of 38 items
According to the list, a ban was imposed on the import of mobile phones CBU, home appliances, cosmetics, crockery, pet food, private weapons and ammunition, shoes, chandeliers and lighting (except energy savers), headphones and loudspeakers, doors and window frames, travelling bags and suitcases, sanitary ware, carpets (except from Afghanistan), tissue paper, furniture, shampoos, automobiles (CBU), luxury mattresses and sleeping bags, bathroom ware/toiletries, heaters/blowers, sunglasses, kitchenware, cigarettes, shaving goods, luxury leather apparel, musical instruments, saloon items like hairdryers and decoration/ornamental articles.
The Commerce Ministry also imposed a ban on the import of confectionery, jams and jelly, fish and frozen fish, sauces, ketchup etc, fruits and dry fruits (except from Afghanistan), preserved fruits, cornflakes, frozen meat, juices, pasta, aerated water, ice cream and chocolates (in retail packing).
However, the prohibition under this order shall not apply on the imports in Pak rupees or imports through the barter mechanism through land routes, the notification said.
The imports of products listed shall remain prohibited regardless of their import status elsewhere in the Import Policy Order 2022, the notification added.
Govt imposes ban on import of non-essential luxury items: Marriyum Aurangzeb
Information Minister says Pakistan faces an emergency situation that requires extraordinary decisionswww.brecorder.com
Situation must be pretty bad, last time I heard of chocolate getting confiscated was by Israel taking Palestinian chocolates headed for Gaza on suspicion they were going to get used for funding terrorism
One may be inclined to call these officers ill trained, or ill educated,
fact of the matter is that they are very clever,
There is a clear distinction amongst an expat Pakistani and someone who trades in foreign goods.
People like myself may decide to move back, and as per the law, we are entitled to bring our belongings under transfer or residence scheme,
We have already been taxed by our host country.
Now because of this grey area left out, custom officials will make "money"
under the chai paani premise.
if FBR can't even make the regulations right, then there is no way they can do anything else right.
