Until February this year, there was no import duty on newspapers and magazines from Pakistan. After the Pulwama attack that killed more than 40 CRPF personnel on February 16, the Indian government hiked import duty on goods from Pakistan to 200 per cent.

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Following this, Mohammed Asif, the 50-year-old owner of the well-known Naaz Book Depot in South Mumbai was shocked when he went to the airport to pick his regular consignment of newspapers and magazines from Pakistan.

“One consignment comprising a few bundles — each bundle weighing nearly 5 kg, and the total about 40 kg — used to cost us around Rs 5,000. But since newspapers and magazines were also included in the recent import duty hike, I was asked to pay Rs 2 lakh. How could I have afforded that? Would the customers ever buy a magazine worth Rs 450?” he asks, reported Indian Express.