ICCI-NUTECH join hands to promote industry-academia cooperation

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey of Pakistan 2023-24, the pre-budget document, containing the details of major socio-economic achievements during the outgoing...

Prince Rahim Aga Khan inaugurates HBL MfB’s RHQ Gilgit-Baltistan

GILGIT: Prince Rahim Aga Khan, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), has...

NEC approves five-year Development Plan

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council has approved in principle the thirteenth Five-year Development Plan. The Council’s meeting chaired by Prime...

World Bank approves $1b for Dasu Hydropower Project

WASHINGTON: In a major development just before the presentation of next fiscal year budget, the World Bank on Monday approved...

MTBA raises concerns over glitch in IRS Portal hindering tax return revisions

MULTAN: Multan Tax Bar Association (MTBA) has drawn attention to a significant glitch in the IRS Portal, disrupting the display...

Petroleum levy likely to increase in Budget 2024

ISLAMABAD: Consumers are likely to be taken for a costly ride in 2024-25 as the federal government is considering a...

Multan I&I seizes smuggled goods, vehicles worth Rs499.891m

MULTAN: Regional Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) has seized goods and non-duty paid vehicles valued at over Rs499.891...

Country’s economic growth linked with success of business sector’

ISLAMABAD: President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari has said that resolving traders issues is of key...

FBR serves notice to Netflix pay Rs200m in income tax

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has served a notice to Netflix for recovery of over Rs. 200 million...

Karachi Enforcement seizes smuggled fabric worth Rs40m in Kharadar

KARACHI: Under the dynamic leadership of Collector Basit Maqsood Abbasi, Collectorate of Customs Enforcement seized smuggled worth Rs40 million in...

FBR to grant tax exemptions to former FATA region

ISLAMABAD: The federal government prepared proposals to grant tax exemptions to the former FATA region, despite the International Monetary Fund...

Govt likely to impose Rs2,000b of taxes in budget 2024-25

ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to collect an additional Rs2,000 billion revenue by imposing new taxes in the upcoming...

SBP cuts key rate by 150bps to 20.5pc as inflation cools off

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cut its key interest rate by 150 basis points on Monday in a...

Central govt’s debt rises by 8.6Ppc to Rs66trn in 10MFY24: SBP

KARACHI: The central government’s total domestic and external debt stock rose by 8.6% during the first 10 months of this...

CCP recovers Rs5m penalty from APNS

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has enforced an order against the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), recovering a...

CDNS realize Rs1.6 trillion targets in fresh bond

KARACHI: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has achieved a target of Rs1.6 trillion in fresh bonds and 85...

E-gates installation: Foreign experts visit Pakistan’s major airports