*ISLAMABAD – Federal Board of Revenue launches nationwide anti smugglingcrackdown in big cities.*
In a bid to discourage smuggling, special joint teams of the Federal Boardof Revenue (FBR) will begin conducting inspections of all the marketsacross the country from Monday (today) wherein import documents of allforeign products/items will be checked.
The special teams have been set up on the directions of the FBR chairman.The chairman had tweeted on Saturday that an anti-smuggling campaign wasbeing launched.
In his anti-smuggling slogan, he said that this illegal activity affectedthe local manufacturing industry as well as cast negative effects ondomestic employment and government revenue.
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“We all should stop purchasing smuggled products,” he added.
The teams comprise officials from Directorate of Customs Intelligence andDirectorate General Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue and otherdepartments.
