Times of Islamabad

Pakistan to deploy National Single Window project worth 163 millions

Pakistan to deploy National Single Window project worth 163 millions

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Customs to deploy and implement digital central tradehub, known as ‘National Single Window’, for clearance of cross-borderconsignments – a project estimated to cost $163 million.

The standing committee on finance took the decision at a meeting presidedover by the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umar.

The meeting approved key decisions to enable the Federal Board of Revenue’s(FBR) Customs Wing, which is the lead agency for the project, to ensuretimely implementation of the central hub.

The project has financial and technical assistance from the World Bank, USAgency for International Development, and UK-based Department forInternational Development.