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Toxic Betel Nut Smuggling Resurfaces in Karachi: Billions at Stake Amid Alleged Official Patronage

By |2025-06-25T13:41:47+00:00June 25, 2025|Custom, FBR, Special Reports|

Report by Imran Khan KARACHI — The smuggling of toxic and illegal betel nut (chhalia) has once again surged across Karachi, with alarming revelations of a vast criminal network allegedly operating under the protection of [...]

Major Gold Smuggling and Hawala Network Busted in Karachi; Market Disrupted Amid National Security Concerns

By |2025-05-28T03:04:11+00:00May 28, 2025|Business, Federal Department, FIA, Special Reports|

By: IMRAN KHAN KARACHI – A joint operation conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan's intelligence agencies has unearthed a massive gold smuggling and hawala-hundi network in Karachi, triggering immediate shockwaves in the [...]

Smuggling Syndicate Thrives Despite Crackdown Claims: Billions Lost to Black Market in Karachi

By |2025-05-28T02:53:54+00:00May 28, 2025|Business, Custom, FBR, Federal Department, Special Reports|

By: IMRAN KHAN Karachi – Despite claims of strict enforcement at customs checkpoints and other law enforcement agencies, a massive smuggling network continues to transport billions of rupees worth of contraband from Balochistan to Karachi [...]

Customs Foils Attempt to Smuggle Donkey Hides Worth Rs. 80 Million

By |2025-05-02T19:08:15+00:00May 2, 2025|Custom, FBR, Pakistan|

By Indus Gazette Staff Karachi – May 2, 2025: In a major anti-smuggling operation, the Collectorate of Customs Enforcement, Karachi, successfully intercepted a shipment of 14,000 kilograms of prohibited donkey hides destined for export, with [...]

$5 Billion Annual Loss: PM Receives Explosive Report on Customs-Smuggling Nexus

By |2025-05-02T18:37:06+00:00May 2, 2025|Custom, FBR, Pakistan|

By Imran Khan ISLAMABAD – In a startling revelation, the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC) has submitted an investigative report uncovering a vast smuggling network involving senior customs officials and private operatives, allegedly costing Pakistan [...]

Customs I&I Karachi confiscates smuggled cloth, valued over 50 million

By |2022-10-14T17:48:29+00:00October 14, 2022|Custom|

By: IMRAN KHAN KARACHI: The team of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate Karachi has conducted a successful operation against the smugglers and raided the secret warehouse of cloth in the bungalow of PECHS Society and [...]

Pakistan Customs: Reluctance towards real culprits laying path for continues tax evasion

By |2022-08-30T04:18:07+00:00August 30, 2022|Custom, FBR|

By: Imran Khan Karachi: Reluctance from MCC Appraisement East and MCC Appraisement West to put the actual culprits, allegedly involved in the biggest smuggling and tax evasion scam of the history, laying the path for [...]

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