{"id":94900,"date":"2023-09-15T17:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=94900"},"modified":"2023-09-15T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:04:51","slug":"govt-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-trade.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to launch crackdown on illegal gold trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The caretaker government plans to launch a massive crackdown on the illegal gold trade and the smugglers involved in the black market, using intelligence and law enforcement institutions, according to news sources published on September 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gold-usd-sees-decline-rates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dollar, gold rate in Pakistan drops<\/a><br>It has been announced that measures will soon be imposed to bring gold dealers into the tax net, and a computerised system for buying and selling precious metals will be devised. Additionally, a task force has been organized to initiate decisive action against the gold trade and smugglers. To achieve these goals, the government has developed a strategy aimed at benefiting both the people and the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-nadra-verification-mandatory-dollars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NADRA verification made mandatory for dollar purchasers<\/a><br>It&#8217;s worth noting that the price of gold has decreased from PKR 236,000 per tola to PKR 214,000 over the last two weeks. Sources have reported that traders are even suspending the issuance of bullion rates in response to the crackdown by authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The caretaker government plans to launch a massive crackdown on the illegal gold trade and the smugglers involved in the black market, using intelligence and law enforcement institutions, according to news sources published on September 15. Read: Dollar, gold rate in Pakistan dropsIt has been announced that measures will soon be imposed to bring gold dealers into the tax net, and a computerised system for buying and selling precious metals will be devised. Additionally, a task force has been organized to initiate decisive action against the gold trade and smugglers. To achieve these goals, the government has developed a strategy aimed at benefiting both the people and the country. Read: NADRA verification made mandatory for dollar purchasersIt&#8217;s worth noting that the price of gold has decreased from PKR 236,000 per tola to PKR 214,000 over the last two weeks. Sources have reported that traders are even suspending the issuance of bullion rates in response to the crackdown by authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":94902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[57416,57415],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-94900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-gold-rate","10":"tag-gold-trade","11":"cat-15016-id","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to launch crackdown on illegal gold trade - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The caretaker government plans to launch a massive crackdown on the illegal gold trade and the smugglers involved in the black market,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-trade.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to launch crackdown on illegal gold trade - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The caretaker government plans to launch a massive crackdown on the illegal gold trade and the smugglers involved in the black market,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-trade.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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