Senate panel flags massive smuggling, tax evasion, revenue losses

• Smuggled diesel sold at Rs240 per litre in Quetta, Rs210 in rural Balochistan; cannabis, opium openly cultivated in Qila Abdullah valley, Senator Farooq says • Customs officials say their presence is limited to settled areas; oil firms absent in several Balochistan areas ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Tuesday raised alarm over widespread smuggling, weak enforcement and tax evasion, warning that the unchecked flow of petroleum and other goods, particularly in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

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