ISLAMABAD
\nThe federal cabinet has approved the lifting of ban on the import of 33 luxury items.
\nThe cabinet on Saturday endorsed the decisions taken during the Economic Coordination Committee meeting presided over by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail.
\nThe ECC lifted the ban on imported goods except for completed built units (CBUs) of automobiles, mobile phones and home appliances.
\nThe meeting was told the ban had helped cut the imports of banned items, which shrank by around 70pc from $399.4 million to $123.9 million between May 20 and July 19.
\nThe federal government has slapped a ban on the import of 33 non-essential luxury items on May19 2022.
\nThe federal cabinet has approved to remove ban on cigarettes, chocolates, juices, carpets, cosmetics, tissue papers, cat and dog food, fish, footwear, fruit, dry fruit, furniture, ice cream, jam, jelly, leather jackets, shampoo, sunglasses, ketchup, travelling bag,suitcases, weapons, pasta, musical instruments, frozen meat, doors and window frames, decoration articles, crockery, and corn flakes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The federal cabinet has approved the lifting of ban on the import of 33 luxury items. The cabinet on Saturday endorsed the decisions taken during the Economic Coordination Committee meeting presided over by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail. The ECC lifted the ban on imported goods except for completed built units (CBUs) of automobiles, mobile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[337,318,9921,7428],"class_list":{"0":"post-274664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-ban","9":"tag-import","10":"tag-lifted","11":"tag-luxury-items"},"yoast_head":"\n