Saudi Customs seizes 60,000 amphetamine pills from fuel tank
RIYADH: Alert customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle in 60,000 amphetamine pills at Al-Durra border checkpoint in the northern...
Tariq Iqbal assumes charge as Second Secretary (IR Policy)
ISLAMABAD: Tariq Iqbal, a BS-18 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Second Secretary...
Spitting cobra, tag beetles and an endangered turtle seized by Customs officials in last year
DUBLIN: A kilogramme of fearsome-looking stag beetles and an endangered species of turtle are among the strange creatures to have...
Instant customs clearing for top global expos
DOHA: Taking advantage of the advanced single-window clearance system, Nadeeb, at ports of entries in Qatar, the General Authority of...
US Customs seizes marijuana worth $178,000
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas arrested a Mexican national...
Mehmood Aslam takes charges as Abbottabad Chief Commissioner
ISLAMABAD: Mehmood Aslam, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Chief Commissioner-IR,...
Nayyar Mehmood assumes charge as Gujranwala Addl Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Nayyar Mehmood, a BS-18 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Additional Commissioner-IR,...
US Customs seizes cocaine worth $274K
TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican national for an alleged attempt to smuggle more than $274,000 worth...
Waqas, Sadia assume, relinquish charge as Dy Commissioners
ISLAMABAD: Two Inland Revenue officers of BS-18 relinquished/assumed charge as Deputy Commissioners in Islamabad and Multan. Waqas Rashid Ch assumed...
Yandex revenue up 18% in 2015
MOSCOW: Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine, reports an 18-percent increase in year-over-year revenue gains for 2015, climbing to $820.4 million,...
South Africa’s Truworths lifts H1 profit on acquisition
JOHANNESBURG: South African clothing retailer Truworths reported a 21 percent increase in half-year profit on Thursday, boosted by the recent...
Customs Superintendent Amin Kamboh retires
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Amin Kamboh, a BS-17 officer of Customs Department, has retired from the government service on attaining the age...
Russia joins list of countries seeking more tax revenue from Google, Apple
MOSCOW: Countries across Europe have been seeking more tax revenue from US tech companies such as Google and Apple. Google...
Mechanisation perks increase non major ports
WASHINGTON: With increased focus on mechanisation and efficiency, private-owned non-major ports in the country are eating into the market share...
Russian stocks climb to 12-week high as rising oil stokes rally
MOSCOW: Russian stocks rose, extending the longest stretch of gains since November, and bonds advanced as crude’s rebound above $35...
India expands port capacity as productivity improves
NEW DELHI: India will issue tenders in March for a consulting study on the development of a new transshipment port...
$2b annual earnings: Rice exporters ask govt to announce zero-rated tax regime
LAHORE: The rice exporters have urged the government to announce the industry zero-rated sales tax status as exporters are facing...
Centrica full year revenue and profit fall on low commodity prices
LONDON: British Gas owner Centrica posted a decline in full year revenue and profit, despite what it described as a...
NAB chief for expediting probes of ‘top cases’ without any fear
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to speed up the investigation process of ‘top corruption cases’ within 10...
NC ports spends $14m to widen Wilmington turning basin
WILMINGTON: The North Carolina State Ports Authority has approved a $14 million contract to widen the ship turning basin at...
