Business confidence rises 42pc as expectations for future improve: Gallup survey

MULTAN: Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) stressed the importance of addressing technological gaps in the food industry, specifically...

PSX starts 2024 in green as KSE-100 surges by over 1,500 points

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) started the new year on a positive note as it began trading in the...

Quetta I&I & FC seize smuggled goods, vehicles in two operations

QUETTA: Regional Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) in collaboration with Frontier Corps (FC) North, has seized 33 Japanese...

FBR serves notices to over 8m tax non-filers

LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has served notices to over 8mln tax non-filers in a move to tighten noose...

FBR collects over Rs1 trillion gross revenue in Dec 2023

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has created history by collecting Rs1.021 trillion in December 2023 and after adjusting...

Petrol price to remain unchanged for next fortnight

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government Sunday decided to maintain the petrol price at Rs267.34 per litre for the next fortnight...

Audit selection process via computer balloting for FY2011 was transparent: FBR

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Member Audit has declared that the audit selection process through computer balloting based...

FBR imposes customs duty on re-importing Pakistan-made goods

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has said that customs duties are applicable to the re-importation of goods produced...

Karachi I&I seizes smuggled goods worth Rs1b in Dec

Karachi: Regional Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) has showed outstanding performance during the month of December 2023 by...

SBP forecasts inflation to ease to 20-22pc in FY24

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) asserted that the inflation rate would ease to 20-22 per cent in the...

Weekly inflation up by 0.37pc

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), witnessed an increase of 0.37 percent for the combined...

Banks to remain closed for public dealing on Monday: SBP

KARACHI: All the banks and financial institutions will observe holiday on Monday and remain closed for public dealing. “The State...

Banks to remain open on Saturday, Sunday for tax collection

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan directed all banks to keep their branches open on Saturday and Sunday for collection...

SBP launches SUNWAI portal,app for customer complaints

KARACHI: The central bank, launched ‘Sunwai’ a customer complaint service portal and app- to facilitate banking customers in lodging their...

Petroleum prices likely to remain stable in next review

ISLAMABAD: The prices of petroleum products will not see any major change with diesel rates expected to go up in...

Stern warning to those attempting to manipulate FPCCI elections issued

LAHORE: Zafar Mehmood Ch, Senior Vice President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, delivered a stern warning to...

Quetta I&I, FC seize smuggled goods worth Rs306m near Nokundi

QUETTA: The Regional Directorate of Customs Intelligence & Investigation I(I&I) in collaboration with FC North, seized smuggled and non-duty paid...

AIIB approves $250m for RISE-II project to accelerate economic recovery

ISLAMABAD: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved $250 million under the Second Resilient Institutions for Sustainable Economy (RISE-II) development...

FCCI president discusses exports to Saudi Arabia with additional secretary