News & Updates

ADB Conference Highlights Regional Integration In Digital Era For Leveraging Trade For Climate, Health Solutions

During the conference, Syed Aftab Haider emphasized the transformative power of technology in global trade. He noted the significant growth of merchandise trade and the surging e-commerce landscape. "Digitalization is the way forward, encompassing both technology and procedures. Pakistan Single Window has implemented a digital platform across all land, air, and dry ports, significantly reducing the bureaucratic footprint," he said.

Nov-01-2024
IMF conditionalities: PM-led NEDB may become redundant

“We will continue our efforts to simplify import/export documentation processes and improve processing times by end-FY26 the Pakistan Single Window platform will be expanded beyond the federal level to also include provincial departments,” said IMF in its recently uploaded report citing Pakistani authorities.

Oct-22-2024
PSW Partners With FTSL For Price Verification of Trade Goods At Pakistani Banks

PSW has entered into a collaboration agreement with Fintech Transformation Services (Private) Limited (FTSL) to provide a new digital solution to commercial banks in Pakistan for price verification of imported and exported goods.

Oct-10-2024
PSW’s Khadijah Women Entrepreneurship Program awarded International prize

Pakistan has been awarded the “International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade” by the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the Pakistan Single Window (PSW)’s innovative “Khadijah Women Entrepreneurship Program”. The award ceremony was held in September, during the WTO Public Forum 2024

Oct-03-2024
PSW Holds Khadijah Women Entrepreneurship Program In Quetta

PSW in collaboration with Care organized a "Women Entrepreneurship Program on Tuesday in Quetta. The event brought together more than 60 women traders and entrepreneurs from Quetta and the surrounding areas to provide them information and training on various aspects of cross border trade including use of digital platforms for marketing and B2B connectivity, e-commerce and customs procedures, and access to finance for scaling up businesses for exports.

Aug-27-2024
WCO Successfully Concludes Data Model Workshop in Karachi, Pakistan

The World Customs Organization (WCO), with financial support from the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF-China), successfully conducted a workshop on the WCO Data Model in Karachi, Pakistan, from 19 to 23 August 2024.

Aug-27-2024
PSW organizes training to streamline custom, trade procedures

PSW, in collaboration with the World Customs Organization (WCO), successfully concluded a significant five-day training, aimed at to streamline customs and trade procedures by harmonizing data requirements of Customs and other government agencies.

Aug-27-2024
PSW, WCO successfully conclude training event

PSW, in collaboration with the World Customs Organization (WCO), successfully concluded a significant five-day training event. This workshop was a key initiative in PSW’s broader strategy to enhance its international footprint and strengthen collaborations with global partners and was designed to build the capacity of PSW’s Domain and Technical Teams by aligning their practices with the WCO Data Model guidelines.

Aug-27-2024
Training session on E-CO held

Issuance of Electronic Certificate of Origin (E-CO) is an important and appreciable attempt of TDAP and PSW to transform export procedures from manual to online system, said Dr Sajjad Arshad, Acting President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI).

Aug-02-2024
PSW Replaces 155 Paper-Based Documents with Electronic Submissions

PSW informed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb that 155 paper-based documents have been replaced with electronic submissions and also abolished 55 manual documents for the importers and exporters during clearances of their consignments.

Jul-10-2024