Senate's body asks government to streamline taxation.

ISLAMABAD -- Senate Standing Committee on Commerce and Textile discussed the issue of imposition of taxes on import of apple from districts Taftan and Chaghi in Balochistan giving way to smuggling of the fruit. The meeting was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi here at the parliament house.

The mover of the resolution Senator Kauda Babar told the committee that this problem is arising mainly due to absence of quarantine offices who can streamline the process of import through proper taxation. Representatives from customs and food security department told the committee that the quarantine act was in place since 1976 but wasn't being implemented but since 2017 it's been made mandatory and new draft will be brought to cabinet soon to curb smuggling of Apple from Iran and pave ways for legal import and issuance of import...