ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed passengers arriving from abroad to bring two mobile phones into Pakistan.
The development comes as the FBR Chairman Rashid Mahmood Langrial reversed the amendments in Baggage Rules, which barred the passengers from bringing only when mobile phone with them. He has reinstated the old policy of allowing two mobile phones per passenger.
Meanwhile, the top tax authority has decided to bar the passengers arriving from abroad from bringing goods in commercial quality into Pakistan.
It has prepared a draft for amending the Baggage Rules 2006, which aims at curbing smuggling and strictly enforce the trade rules.
FBR has asked all stakeholders to submit their response within seven days. If stakeholders do not propose a significant change in the draft, it will be implemented through a gazette notification in the country.
The proposed draft bars the passengers from bringing in goods exceeding $1,200 in value from abroad. People carrying goods worth more than $1,200 will have to pay applicable duties, taxes, and penalties in order to get them cleared at airports.
