Steel manufacturers demand ban on import via land routes.

ISLAMABAD -- As the smuggling of steel items continues at Iran and Afghan borders under the garb of some 'certain rules', the steel industry has demanded the government to allow the import of steel 'only via seat ports'. In a letter sent to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Advisor to PM on Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi and Senate Standing Committee on Commerce Chairman Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi, the steel manufacturers have informed that the Pakistani markets were being flooded with the import of brand new/prime steel from Iran 'under the garb of re-rollable scrap'.

Through the letter, a copy of which is available with Pakistan Today, the Pakistan Association of Large...