{"id":28159,"date":"2025-05-01T11:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=28159"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:08:40","slug":"global-illicit-trade-index-2025-launched-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=28159","title":{"rendered":"Global Illicit Trade Index 2025 Launched in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250501-WA0061-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250501-WA0061-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250501-WA0061-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250501-WA0061-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250501-WA0061-1536x887.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250501-WA0061-2048x1182.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : The PRIME Institute, in collaboration with the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT), launched the Global Illicit Trade Index 2025 and Combating Illicit Trade in Pakistan: A Structural and Policy Analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, attended by government, business, and civil society leaders, underscored Pakistan\u2019s resolve to tackle illicit trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Guest Rana Ihsaan Afzal Khan, Coordinator to the Prime Minister, Ministry of Commerce, delivered closing remarks, highlighting transformative Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) initiatives. He emphasized the Faceless Customs Assessment System, Track and Trace expansion to pharmaceuticals and petroleum, border customs enhancements, and Afghan Transit Trade reforms, including bank guarantees and scanning protocols, to curb smuggling and boost transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Jeffrey P. Hardy, TRACIT\u2019s Director General, delivered a compelling keynote, outlining global strategies to combat illicit trade and praising Pakistan\u2019s proactive measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reports provide a roadmap for policy action, fostering a whole-of-society approach. The event sparked robust dialogue, reinforcing Pakistan\u2019s commitment to trade integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : The PRIME Institute, in collaboration with the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT), launched the Global Illicit Trade Index 2025 and Combating Illicit Trade in Pakistan: A&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[2217,1929],"class_list":["post-28159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-stories","tag-ministry-of-commerce-of-pakistan","tag-prime-institute-islamabad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28161,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28159\/revisions\/28161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}