The origin of an organized Customs Department in the sub-continent can be traced to 1878 when maritime Customs operations were sought to be institutionalized by Her Majesty's Crown under the Sea Customs Act. village,
Gojal In 1901, Karachi was declared as the chief port of
Sindh. In the following year, a plan was instituted to build permanent offices for the port and Customs officials at Karachi. The task was entrusted to G. Willet, the consulting architect to the Government of Bombay, who designed the new building as a semi-circular structure in the
Victorian tradition. The construction of the building commenced in 1912 and culminated in 1914. The first meeting of
Karachi Port Trust and Customs was held in that building on 12 January 1916. The Custom House Karachi is the headquarters of Preventive Collectorate, Appraisement Collectorate, and Exports Collectorate, in addition to Model Customs Collectorate at present. In the southern region also, the Collectorate of Customs, Central Excise and Sales Tax,
Hyderabad was established in 1967 subsequent to the bifurcation of the Collectorate of Central Excise, Karachi. The jurisdiction of Hyderabad Customs Collectorate comprises the whole of Sindh, excluding Karachi,
Multan, and
Bahawalpur. In the northern part of the country, Customs and Central Excise operations were carried out simultaneously through the Collectorate of Central Excise and Land Customs
Lahore. It was the second oldest Collectorate in the country whose jurisdiction spanned the whole of the former
West Pakistan, barring Karachi and
Balochistan. Custom House Lahore was the regional Customs and Central Excise headquarters.
Projects Pakistan customs has many flagship projects: • AEO pilot project • Women and Youth Led Cross-border Commerce through Innovation •
Customs Public School •
Pakistan Customs Cricket Team ==See also==