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nder the Integrated Transit Trade Management System, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) needs a total of 141.5 acres of land at Wagah border. However, the government already owns

65 acre through National Logistics Cell (NLC). Sources told Customs Today that project consultants have identified 76 acres of additional land to set up new export and import processing facilities. However, instead of acquiring 76 acre land from farmers, the requirement of the land has been curtailed to 64.8 acres to avoid negative impact on residential areas, cattle farms and protect a

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school. Sources said that the project will be implemented in a way to protect the private properties. Accordingly, the area involving acquisition of residential or commercial and community structures or residential and commercial land located in adjoining settlement is avoided and thus no physical displacement is envisaged as such. The FBR will ensure that the land compensation to replacement value is agreed through negotiated settlement. In case, negotiated settlement is unsuccessful, following normal land acquisition process under law.

FBR needs 141.5 acre to improve Wagah Border Crossing Project

Sukkur Customs eighteen cartons of cosmetics confiscated in crackdown

‘Cooperative relations with all stakeholders made my tenure successful’

Taiwanese tourist seized for smuggling weapons

Nine offending vehicles & smuggled goods worth Rs26.370m impounded

Under the Integrated TTMS the FBR needs a total of 141.5 acres of land | SEE PAGE 01 |

The ASO Hyderabad, has seized foreign origin 18 cartons of cosmetics valued | SEE PAGE 02 |

Newly transferred Collector of MCC Dr. Arslan Sebuktageen spent a successful | SEE PAGE 05 |

ATaiwanese man was barred from leaving Vietnam after he was caught boarding | SEE PAGE 07 |

ASO Peshawar took into possession various NDP goods along with six offending | SEE PAGE 08 |


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