From: mirza@vxcrna.cern.ch (MIRZA,I./EP)
Subject: Re: TAX FREE CAR INFO
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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 07:30:00 GMT

In article <106275@bu.edu>, hasan@indus.bu.edu (qadeer hasan) writes...
>A while ago some one posted some info about tax free car if one remit certain
>amount of foreign currency to Pakistan. Could it posssible to get this info
>again?
> 
>-qadeer
>hasan@indus.bu.edu
> 
    Two interesting items from the lattest Embassy News Bulletin
    1. Scheme allowing duty free purchase of cars, motorcycles etc
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        The Government of Pakistan has approved a scheme allowing
    duty free purchase of Motor Cycles, Suzuki Vans and Cars assembled
    in Pakistan as well as import of other cars against home remittances
    by overseas Pakistanis provided that the purchaser or importer produces
    a certificate from the bank that the requisite amount of foreign exchange
    has been remitted through banking channels as home remittances in
    accordance with the procedures prescribed by the State Bank of Pakistan.

        Entitlement for duty free       Remittance in US Dollars
        purchase/import                 needed for entitlement

        800cc car locally assembled     $30,000.00
        1000cc car locally assembled    $75,000.00
        1000cc car imported             $200,000.00
        1200/1300cc car imported        $500,000.00
        1600cc car imported             $1,500,000.00
        2000cc car imported             $2,500,000.00
        above imported                  $5,000,000,00

        The duty free car will be released by the customs authorities
    on production of the following documents;
    a) certificate from the bank verifying the home remittances as
       aprescribed by the State Bank of Pakistan.
    b) Invoices.
    c) Bill of landing.
    d) Bank's receipt for the payment of license fee.
    e) National Identity Card and Passport of the importer.

    2. Laser Printed Computerized Identity cards
    --------------------------------------------
        The Government of Pakistan has introduced new computerized identity
    Cards. At present the computerized cards are only issued to persons
    who are holding Identity Cards issued to them from Rawalpindi/Islamabad
    districts.
        The new registartion Form RG-1 (B-Automation) printed by the
    Pakistan Postal Services Corporation will be available in this
    Embassy (Berne-Switzerland) shortly on nominal payment as under:-
    1)  Cost of Registration Form (RG-1)         Rs. 1/-
    2)  Cost of Adhesive stamp for printing
        computerized Identity Card.              Rs. 5/-
    3)  Cost of Adhesive stamp for lost/
        revised computerized Identity Card.      Rs. 40/-

        It may however, be mentioned that the persons desirous of
    obtaining the form/adhesive stamps will have to apply well in
    advance so that these could be obtained from the concerned
    department in Pakistan.

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    Typos are mine.
    For further details please contact your nearest embassy.
    In Berne, Bernastrasse 47, 3005 Berne, tel:031/442992, fax:031/435440.


Mirza Ilyas
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