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Pakistan Post to be modernized
Minister for Postal Services Mir Israrullah Zehri said that Pakistan Post would be modernized and upgraded throughout the country.
Read MoreDHL boosts South Asia trade with enhanced express services
DHL has enhanced its services within the South Asia/SAARC region with new air and ground express products designed to support trade between the neighbouring countries.
The new products are the expansion of the Blue Dart ‘Road Express’ service to Bangladesh and the introduction of the premium guaranteed money-back service ‘Express 10:30’ in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) covers India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives.
During the last few years, DHL Express has made substantial investments of over USD 300 million towards the development and upgrading of its network infrastructure in India, including five gateways in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata and over 150 retail outlets. In addition, a state-of-the-art Quality Control Centre and large shipment-processing areas aim at providing seamless express and logistics service solutions to Indian exporters.
Read MoreDHL Pakistan inks MoU for export customs clearance
Pakistan Customs and DHL signed a Memorandum of Understanding for in-house export customs clearance at Karachi gateway for outbound shipments.
This augments the commitment of Pakistan Customs to support change and align themselves with global trends. DHL Pakistan looks at innovative methods to lend support to the business community. “We will have faster clearance of the Import and Export throughput with In-House Customs” said DHL Pakistan spokesman.
Read MorePakistan Post increases services’ commission
After hike in oil and power tariff, the state-run postal service ‘Pakistan Post’ has increased commission for its various services across the country to meet expenses and announced new rates to be affective from 18 March, it is learnt.
The new increased rates will effect twenty million customers, especially in rural areas of Pakistan where Pakistan Post is the only courier service.
The new charges of Fax Money Order for an amount of up to twenty-five thousand have been increased to Rs 150 from Rs 100. Pakistan Post has also fixed the FMO charges of Rs 300 for the delivery of more than Rs 25,000. The charges of urgent Money Order (local) would be Rs 65 while the city-to-city charges would be Rs 80. Similarly, the charges of normal Money Order have been fixed at Rs 55.
The new rate of local urgent mail service, up to the weight of half kilogram has been fixed at Rs 15 and the rate of urgent mail service city to city are fixed at Rs 30. Pakistan Post Office is one of the oldest government departments in the Sub-Continent. staff report
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