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Since independence
Custom House Karachi is located on Eduljee Dinshaw Road, Karachi adjacent
to the Karachi Port Trust Building. At
that time there was only one Collector
of Customs and after 1973 the Collectorate of
Customs Appraisement fragmented
out and there were two Customs
Collectors i.e. Preventive and
Appraisement. Owing to the rush of work
and influx of trade people approaching
the Old Custom House it was felt
necessary to have a new and prestigious
building of the Custom House where the
offices could be placed properly and the
trade as well as staff members can
perform in a better environment.
Accordingly in the year 1979, a piece of
land measuring 2,30,260 sq feet was
procured from Karachi Port Trust.
Foundation stone of the new building was
placed by the then President of Pakistan
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq on 07.03.1979. It
took 8 years to complete the 12 storied
prestigious building and the new
building was inaugurated on 08.05.1987
by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Muhammad
Khan Junejo. The newly
constructed building has 12 floors
having covered area of 1,60,140 sq feet.
Besides the Collectorates of Customs
Preventive and Appraisement more offices
and Collectorate of the Central Board of
Revenue were shifted in this new
building. During the year 1990 the Collectorate of
Customs Preventive
defragmented into another Collectorate
namely Exports Collectorate. This Collectorate also has its headquarters
in the same building. The Central Board
of Revenue also had its camp office of
Member Judicial in this Custom House but
as a result of reforms and
re-structuring that office did not exist
anymore, however the Directorate of
Internal Audit, Inspection, IOCO etc
were also shifted to this building.
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