Pakistan
PM directed to make anti smuggling courts active
Shehbaz Sharif directs the authorities concerned to make anti-smuggling courts active and effective immediately.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the authorities concerned to present the draft for the necessary legislation to prevent smuggling.
Chairing a high-level review meeting in Islamabad on Monday to prevent smuggling of sugar, wheat, flour and urea in the country, the Prime Minister also directed to make anti-smuggling courts active and effective immediately.
The meeting was informed that a nationwide operation is underway to prevent the smuggling of urea fertilizer and sugar. Yesterday, 49 trucks were seized by FBR and law enforcement agencies, while FC also foiled attempts to smuggle thousands of tons of urea and sugar and seized the items.
Joint patrolling teams are being established to stop cross-border smuggling while four joint patrolling check posts have been established in Balochistan.
The Prime Minister issued instructions to the institutions concerned to increase the number of these check posts.
The Prime Minister also directed SUPARCO to provide real-time satellite imagery of the country's borders and traffic data to prevent smuggling.
The meeting was informed that the items caught in the failed smuggling attempts are being delivered to the dealers and facilitators under the track and trace system.
The Prime Minister directed the Chief Secretary Punjab to supply the sugar seized in the recent failed smuggling attempts to the vendors and ensure that it is sold at the government-fixed rate of 95 rupees per kilogram.
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