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By our correspondent KARACHI: Sindh’s Minister for Transport, Mass Transit and Excise and Taxation Sharjeel Inam Memon chaired a meeting of the Excise Department on Friday and addressed critical issues concerning drug control and tax collection in the province. During the high-level meeting, the minister directed immediate action to halt the circulation of various narcotics including crystal, heroin, ice, hashish, and raw alcohol. The meeting was attended by Secretary Excise Atif-ur-Rehman, DG Excise Aurangzeb Panhwer, divisional directors, and other key stakeholders. It emphasized the department’s role in meeting the tax collection targets set by the Sindh government. “The goals set…

KARACHI: A body of a man, found stuffed in a bag in Surjani Town Lyari 36A, has been identified as 35-year-old Shahnawaz Mazari. The deceased was a resident of New Karachi and worked at a hairdresser’s shop. The deceased was missing for two days. The body of the deceased with cut wrist was found on Wednesday morning. Ghulam Sarwar Mazari, the uncle of the deceased, informed the media people that on Tuesday night, Shahnawaz contacted his family and said, he would bring items for Sehri. After the call, his family found his mobile phone switched off. Worried about him, the…

KARACHI: The Cooperative Tax Office (CTO) Karachi, in a planned operation, arrested the alleged mastermind of flying fake invoices. In a significant breakthrough, the Cooperative Tax Office (CTO) conducted a meticulously planned operation on Friday resulting in the apprehension of Asif Razak Deenar, the alleged mastermind, and kingpin behind a sprawling network of fake and flying invoices operating in the country, especially in the Southern Part of the country. He was arrested on the premises of the Jinnah International Airport Karachi as he returned from a foreign visit. Deenar’s arrest marked a crucial milestone in the fight against tax evasion,…