KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has rolled out a new nationwide system for Customs Intelligence and Risk Management, establishing a dedicated wing to monitor cross border currency movements.
According to an official notification, the directorate’s headquarters will be based in Islamabad with regional offices in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, and Islamabad. It will also include a Risk Management Unit and the newly created Cross-border Currency Movement Wing.
The Director General of Customs Intelligence will exercise authority across Pakistan and directly report to the FBR. Their key responsibilities will cover curbing smuggling, cracking down on money laundering, detecting irregularities in imports and exports, and strengthening risk management with modern tools. Intelligence gathering and nationwide operational oversight will also fall under their domain.
Regional directors will lead intelligence operations in their respective provinces against smuggling, tax evasion, and other unlawful trade practices. Meanwhile, the Risk Management Unit will handle nationwide monitoring of import-export risks, while the currency wing will focus on blocking illegal foreign exchange movement at borders.
All resources, staff, and budgets of previous Customs Intelligence offices have now been merged into the restructured directorate. To smooth the transition, the FBR has also set up a special committee to resolve implementation issues and submit a progress report within 30 days.
The director general’s role will further extend to strategic leadership, compliance strategy, running the National Targeting Centre, supervising customs risk systems, and overseeing training and performance evaluations. The headquarters director will coordinate administrative and analytical functions of the targeting centre.
