Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Thursday that the Pakistan bans Imports of 38 non-essential luxury items under an “emergency economic plan”.
She made the announcement while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.
List of banned Imported items
- Automobiles
- Mobile phones
- Home appliances
- Fruits and dry fruits (except from Afghanistan)
- Crockery
- Private weapons and ammunition
- Shoes
- Chandeliers and lighting (except energy savers)
- Headphones and loudspeakers
- Sauces
- Doors and window frames
- Travelling bags and suitcases
- Sanitary ware
- Fish and frozen fish
- Carpets (except from Afghanistan)
- Preserved fruits
- Tissue paper
- Furniture
- Shampoos
- Confectionary
- Luxury mattresses and sleeping bags
- Jams and jelly
- Cornflakes
- Toiletries
- Heaters, blowers
- Sunglasses
- Kitchen ware
- Aerated water
- Frozen meat
- Juices
- Pasta
- Ice cream
- Cigarettes
- Shaving goods
- Luxury leather apparel
- Musical instruments
- Salon items like hair dryers etc
- Chocolates
She declared that reason of Pakistan bans Imports was due to “an emergency situation” and Pakistanis would have to make sacrifices under the economic plan, adding that the impact of these bans would be around $6 billion.
