PM approves 'Customs Authority' to curb smuggling: Dr Firdous.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Thursday said Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved establishment of Customs Authority to curb smuggling of goods worth billions of rupees taking place on the borders of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa every year.

Addressing a press conference here, she gave details of the meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on the menace of smuggling.

During the meeting, different measures were considered to stop smuggling, she said adding customs check posts in the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan would be improved.

She said coordination would be increased among different agencies over customs check posts on the borders of merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan along with Iran...

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