The Custom office doesn’t have any system to register mobile phones.
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 21st December, 2018) The Overseas Pakistanis are facing difficulty registering their mobile phones.
In a video going viral on social media, a passenger tells that when he went to Customs Office to get his phone registered, they said that they don’t have any system to register mobile phones.
The customs officials directed him to go to airport office.
The passenger further tells that when he went to airport official, the custom office was at fourth floor. There they said that they don’t register mobile phones and directed him to go cargo office.
When the passenger finally went to cargo office, there system was not working and were unable to log in. Nonetheless, there were long queues of people there.
Another person said that the officials at airport also demand bribe from the passengers.
Watch the video here:
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had given a policy for Overseas Pakistanis bringing mobile phones.
According to the policy, the Overseas Pakistanis are allowed to bring five mobile phones in a year. They would have to get them registered within 15 days.
The mobile phones can be registered on the spot at the airport while one mobile phone can be registered free of any duty or tax.
Joint counters by Customs, Federal board of Revenue (FBR) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) were said to have been established to facilitate the people in this regard.
Moreover, the traders who bring a bulk of phones can sell them after getting them registered. An action against the illegal phones will be taken only after January 31, the deadline for registering imported phones.
The custom officials and airports have been issued the new policy.
However, the passengers found that the system is missing at all of these offices.
