Revengeful Port Qasim DC Athar Naveed starts picking on everyone

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif formally launched the credit guarantee scheme for financial empowerment of small farmers of country...

Sub-committee PAC directs Petroleum ministry to make appointment on merit

ISLAMABAD: Sub-Committee of Public Accounts Committee Friday directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to make appointments on merit...

HBL, NBP to provide Rs84 billion for 1200 MW LNG-based power plant

LAHORE: Presidents of Habib Bank Limited and National Bank of Pakistan called on Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif here on...

Dar chairs meeting to review financing arrangements for Neelum Jhelum project

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Friday chaired a high level meeting to review financing arrangements for...

Govt likely to present budget 2015-16 on June 5

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Friday summoned the budget session of the National Assembly on June 5 when the government would...

Federal govt to invest in 13 identified power projects in KP

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Friday decided to assist the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in its 13 identified power projects. The decision...

SHC appoints members to IR appellant tribunal

15/05/2015

KARACHI: The Chief Justice of Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed District and Sessions Judge Shahid Pervez Memon to join...

ICCI asks govt to heed to business community’s suggestions for budget 2015-16

15/05/2015

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Muzzamil Sabri has said that the government should bring ease in...

FTO finalizes recommendations for improving tax collection system

14/05/2015

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Advisory Committee Wednesday finalized recommendations for evolving a mechanism to improve the revenue collection...

FTO recommends FBR to direct DG-IR audit to expedite post-refund audit

14/05/2015

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Abdul Rauf Chaudhry has asked Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to direct the Directorate General...

FBR clarifies media reports about RTOs’ revenue collection

13/05/2015

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has clarified a news item regarding negative revenue collection by certain Regional Tax...

5% growth in volume, 21% in value: E-banking sector records 198,250 transactions of Rs51.5tr in Q3

13/05/2015

KARACHI: The country’s e-banking sector has recorded 5 per cent growth in volume as Pakistan Real-time Interbank Settlement Mechanism (PRISM)...

Govt imposes 5% sales tax on CNG sector, fertilizer using imported LNG

12/05/2015

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has imposed fiver per cent sales tax on liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported for servicing CNG...

Several officers could not get promotion due to various reasons

12/05/2015

ISLAMABAD: Several officers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from BS-19 and 20 could not be promoted due to...

Scientists explore 500m yrs old brains of ‘sea monsters’

FRANCE: Recently, scientists have been examining some of the oldest known fossil brains to be discovered, and this has given...

Indonesian website posts spy pictures of MT-25 revealing all details of upcoming street-fighter

NEW DELHI: This time, an Indonesian website has posted spy pictures of the MT-25 revealing all details of the upcoming...

Mercedes-Benz G-Class lineup includes all-new edition 463 package, new 416-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8

BERLIN: Mercedes-Benz has disclosed a refreshed version of its G-Class 4x4. Hitting dealerships later this year, the new G-Class lineup...

Volkswagen introduces its new Golf GTI Clubsport week ahead at Wörthersee

PARIS: Volkswagen has introduced its new Golf GTI Clubsport a week ahead of Europe’s largest gathering-of-the-VWs, Wörthersee. Set to remain...

Much-anticipated Toyota HiLux to come soon with excellent features