Govt to lift ban on already arrived shipments of luxury items, minister assures KP businessmen.

PESHAWAR -- The federal government is likely to lift the ban on shipments that have already arrived Karachi Port before its decision to ban import of certain luxury and non-essential items.

In this regard, an assurance was given by Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar during a meeting with a high-level delegation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa businessmen led by Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Hasnain Khurshid Ahmad, according to a press release issued here on Friday.

The government had imposed a ban on import of certain luxury and non-essential items through notification: SRO/598 (1) 2022, issued on May 19, 2022.

The delegation -- comprising of former FPCCI president Ghazanfar Bilour, former SCCI president Zahidullah Shinwari, Faiz Muhammad Faizi, and Industrialists Association Hayatabad Peshawar President Malik Imran Ishaq -- informed the minister that some shipments had been stopped at the Karachi Port even when they were arrived before the government's decision to ban import of certain luxury and non-essential items.

The federal minister revealed that the government was going to make an important announcement on June 27, 2022 [Monday] regarding lifting the ban on...