Your Cargo Is Stuck.
We Get It Released.

Your shipment has been formally detained or seized by Pakistan Customs (FBR). This can happen due to misdeclared HS codes, under-valuation, prohibited or restricted classification, missing import licences, intelligence-triggered scans, or misdeclared country of origin. Once in seizure proceedings, the clock starts ticking — penalties escalate and adjudication can take months without expert representation.

Containers piling up at Karachi Port Trust (KPT) or Port Qasim Authority (PQA) under examination orders, physical verification, scan holds, or simply terminal congestion. Every rollback adds days. Every day in the port yard costs money you may not have budgeted. Your shipping line is issuing detention notices and your free days are already exhausted.

Airfreight shipments detained at Karachi's JINA International Airport, Allama Iqbal International Lahore, or Islamabad International Airport. Airport holds are particularly critical for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and biological cargo — cold chain integrity is at risk with every passing hour. IATA DG documentation errors, missing import permits, or CAA compliance failures are common triggers.

Demurrage (port yard storage fees charged by the port) and detention (container hire fees charged by the shipping line beyond free time) are the most financially destructive consequences of a port delay. A 40ft container held for 21 days at KPT can incur PKR 15–50 lakh in combined charges before your cargo is even touched. Many importers discover the full scale of liability only after it is too late to dispute.

Routers, switches, SIM-enabled devices, wireless hardware, IoT components, mobile phones, and any radio-frequency device requires Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Type Approval before Pakistan Customs will release the shipment. The approval process requires precise technical documentation, test reports, and navigating an opaque bureaucratic pipeline. Without specialist assistance, shipments can sit in customs limbo for months.

Pharmaceutical products, medical devices, veterinary medicines, cosmetics, and health supplements require Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) No Objection Certificates and valid import licences before Pakistan Customs will release them. Expired, incorrectly obtained, or simply missing NOCs result in immediate holds. For cold-chain pharmaceuticals — biologics, vaccines, blood products — every hour of warehouse detention is a product integrity and patient safety risk.

Chemicals, flammables, compressed gases, corrosives, medical isotopes, lithium batteries, and other hazardous materials require precise IATA DGR (air) or IMDG Code (sea) compliance, plus Pakistan's own NEQS and EPA regulations. A single error in UN number assignment, packing group classification, or Shipper's Declaration wording can result in airline rejection, port hold, or confiscation. This is our daily speciality.

Your cargo is held because a document is missing, expired, incorrectly formatted, or was not submitted at the right stage of the GD filing process. This happens more than most importers admit — and it can be a Bill of Lading error, wrong HS code on the commercial invoice, missing Certificate of Origin for SRO benefit, absent phytosanitary certificate, or improperly attested documents. Each missing document has its own retrieval and resubmission path — and each takes time if you don't know the system.

Pakistani exporters face their own cargo crises — goods held at port for examination before loading, Export Form E issues with State Bank, duty drawback claims rejected or stuck, LCVS (Levy on Containers) disputes, or TDAP documentation requirements not met. Export delays mean missed shipment windows, buyer penalties, and L/C deadline violations that can destroy trade relationships.

Cargo transferred to a Pakistan Customs bonded warehouse or sufferance warehouse is on a countdown — ports and customs have legal authority to auction unclaimed goods after defined holding periods. If you've received an auction notice, or your cargo has been moved to bonded storage, the window to act is measured in days. We intervene to extend periods, establish release pathways, or facilitate legal re-export.