Which items has the government banned?

The federal government Thursday announced a ban on dozens of items, ranging from cosmetics to automobiles, in a bid to save the depleting foreign reserves.

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said the ban comes as the federal government has devised an economic plan in a bid to take the country out of the financial turmoil.

"For the first time", a complete ban has been imposed on luxury and non-essential items, the information minister said.

So what has been banned by the government?

Import ban has been imposed on following items:

• Mobile phones
• Home appliances
• Fruits and dry fruits (except Afghanistan)
• Crockery
• Private weapons and ammunition
• Shoes
• Chandeliers and lighting (except energy savers)
• Headphones and loudspeakers
• Sauces, ketchup, etc.
• Doors and window frames
• Travelling bags and suitcases
• Sanitary ware
• Fish and frozen fish
• Carpets (except Afghanistan)
• Preserved fruits
• Tissue paper
• Furniture
• Shampoos
• Automobile
• Confectionary
• Luxury mattresses and sleeping bags
• Jams and jelly
• Cornflakes
• Bathroom ware/toiletries
• Heaters/blowers
• Sunglasses
• Kitchenware
• Aerated water
• Frozen meat
• Juices
• Pasta, etc
• Ice cream
• Cigarettes
• Shaving goods
• Luxury leather apparel
• Musical instruments
• Saloon items like hairdryers, etc.
• Chocolates