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review meeting regarding transit cargo and tracking system.<\/p>\n<p>He also issued directives to ensure the third party validation of quality of the cargo tracking services providing entities.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister noted that with the improvement of the tracking system, smuggling had significantly reduced.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that due to steps taken to stop smuggling, sugar export worth US$211 million to Afghanistan became possible.<\/p>\n<p>PM Shehbaz pointed out that Pakistan would become center of transit trade for other regional countries due to an integrated communication system and improved cargo tracking,.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister for Economic Affairs Division Ahad Khan Cheema, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and senior government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the relevant authorities to install international 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