ISLAMABAD: The upper house of the parliament unanimously passed the Pakistan Single Window Bill, 2021 on Monday that would pave the way for improved ease of doing business in cross-border trade. Minister for Finance Hammad Azhar moved the bill in the house that met with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair. According to the objectives and reasons of the bill, the Pakistan Customs would be a lead agency to establish information and communication technology-based National Single Window (NSW) system. This bill will help Pakistan comprehensively improve transparency, efficiency and control and imports, exports and transit trade besides meeting its international obligations. These include; [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2021] (Amendment of Articles 57, 62, 72, 73, 86, 89, 126, 159, 160, 162 and 166), [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2021], [The Islamabad Capital Territory Food Safety Bill, 2020], [The Public Private Partnership Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021].

Source: Pakistan Today April 05, 2021 15:22 UTC