A good move

Although it might affect a lot of people expecting such gifts from their relatives living abroad, for the UAE this decision to ban many cell phones is a good step (“Pakistani expats will pay customs duty for taking home more than 1 phone”, Gulf News, November 26). It will help keep track of the phones going in and out of the country. It will boost local market and trade, it will help generate tax and customs. However, the only thing the authorities are yet to do is to add another counter for declaring goods one is carrying and it is usually time-consuming.

From Mr Hassan Warsi

Sharjah

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