
Islamabad: Pakistani artists and students would now need to have a no-objection certificate from the interior ministry, a decision that was "supposedly taken after the embarrassing episode in which singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained by Indian authorities", said a leading Pakistani daily. Calling it an "ominous development", the editorial in the Dawn on Friday said Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the National Assembly that students wanting to go...

12:57 PM, Feb 25, 2011

New Delhi: Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof each paid Rs 15 lakh on Monday by way of penalty slapped on them in connection with the huge amount of undeclared foreign currency recovered from them. Official sources said on Monday night the amount was paid to the Customs department after the matter was adjudicated. The undeclared foreign currency however remains confiscated, the sources said. The sources...

11:29 PM, Feb 21, 2011

On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Should Bollywood stay away from Pak artists?' ...

12:01 AM, Feb 15, 2011

New Delhi: A day after he was detained at the Delhi airport on charges of carrying undisclosed foreign currency, Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released on Monday after interrogation by officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Rahat, along with two of his colleagues Maroof and Chitresh Shrivastava, have been asked to appear before the DIR on February 17, informed sources said. Rahat was released after an...

07:41 PM, Feb 14, 2011

On Focus this week, we take you on a journey through time and show you the evolution of Customs Duty in India. ...

05:45 PM, Aug 14, 2010

Reports suggest 250 planes are under the scanner on allegations of duty evasion. ...

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03:07 AM, Jul 10, 2008

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