Islamabad: The AJK government has taken a decision to set up check posts on the routes connecting Azad Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan to prevent tax evasion.AJK Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar.
Fake cigarettes seized
April 18, 2021
Rawalpindi : Two truckloads of six million counterfeit cigarettes were seized by the Federal Board of Revenue [FBR] on Expressway Murree near Lower Topa, causing a loss of over Rs12 million to the national exchequer in federal excise duty and sales tax.
A team of the Regional Tax Office, Rawalpindi intercepted two trucks carrying 300 packarites of counterfeited brand ‘Classic’ and 300 packarites of counterfeited brand ‘Kissan’ on Expressway Murree near Lower Topa.
The counterfeit cigarettes were manufactured in the Wayward factory in Muzaffarabad owned by Babar Taj and Babar Naseem and were being transported to other parts of the country when seized in a raid. Lawyers, members of the civil society and students have protested many times in Muzaffarabad against the factory, but the government has yet to initiate action against it.