Pakistan Customs Embarks on Modernization Journey with Three-Day Workshop in Islamabad

• Pakistan Customs held a three-day workshop in Islamabad moderated by international experts from Maersk and KGH
• The workshop was attended by senior management of customs to decide the design of future customs strategy document
• Customs aims to adopt the latest technological tools to enhance efficacy, transparency, and accountability
• Pakistan Customs is transforming its core business processes with support from the World Bank
• The Customs Transformation Project will align Pakistan Customs with international best practices outlined in the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the WTO
• The project involves deploying latest technologies for digital solutions to achieve transparency, good governance, and trade facilitation
• The aging WeBOC system will be replaced with a risk management based and AI enabled system
• A ‘Steering Committee’ headed by the Finance Minister has been constituted to ensure oversight and timely completion of the project.

Source: fbr.gov.pk

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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