So that government of Pakistan just recently launched measures to stop the in flow of smuggled phones in to Pakistan. They did this by establishing a new system of duty tax and hence that system came in to effect in the month of December 2018, whereby anyone carrying with him more than one phone will have to pay the necessary duty on those phones in order to register them successfully in Pakistan. Now the government of Pakistan has made a lot of efforts to ensure that this system is followed so that they can in turn control the smuggling of mobile phones.
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Moreover, the relative of authorities arrested a passenger who goes by the name of Nadeem who just landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. The passenger was travelling on Oman Airlines and hence when authorities approached the man and searched his bag it was found that he was carrying with him 1305, yes people that’s thirteen hundred and five mobile phones, which as per the customs Authority are thought be worth somewhere around Rs. 19 million, as reported by City42.
Here is where things get interesting though, upon questioning the man, Nadeem, it was revealed by him that an associate had come to pick him up from the Airport, Sheikh Jameel who was arrested later from the airport’s parking area and as fate would have it, he turned out to be a former leader of the party Pakistan Muslim League(N) and as of previous records he is the ex president of the PPP 138. A case has now been lodged against both men and well lets see how it all pans out.
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As of the report, the phones were concealed inside the packing of Ab-e-Zamzam which is holy water for us muslims hence we can understand why they opted for this plan of action. After all they got through Oman just fine didn’t they?
