Pakistan explores other markets for potato export amid closure of trade with Afghanistan

KARACHI: Pakistan must create up to 30 million jobs over the next decade to turn its youth bulge into an...

Sundar Industrial Estate to implement Payzen Fintech System

LAHORE: Sundar Industrial Estate (SIE) has signed an agreement with the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) to streamline payment processes...

Weak enforcement allows illicit trade, causing revenue losses

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) continued to struggle to achieve its revenue targets, not due to economic weakness...

TCS, Nippon Express forge strategic logistics partnership

KARACHI: TCS Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Japan’s Nippon Express Group to strengthen logistics services and trade...

FBR sends compliance SMS even to FinMin as tax broadening drive

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has intensified its efforts to expand the tax base by sending reminder text...

FBR Chairman offers to expose powerful figures hindering anti-tax evasion drive

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood Langrial has offered to reveal the identities of influential individuals allegedly...

NCP industrial expo marks breakthrough in Pakistan’s innovation drive

ISLAMABAD: The National Centre for Physics (NCP) concluded its first-ever Industrial Expo 2026, a landmark event that highlighted Pakistan’s growing...

WB chief distributes house ownership documents among women in Village Bahawal Jat

LARKANA: World Bank President Ajay Banga and Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah have reached Bahawal Jat village,...

Finance Minister meets Pharma Bureau delegation on pharmaceutical sector issues

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, met with a high-level delegation from the Pharma Bureau today...

Cabinet panel approves EXIM Bank procurement policy, clears board appointments

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises approved the Procurement Policy of the Export-Import Bank of Pakistan 2025, aimed at...

FBR Chairman offers installment option for Rs217b super tax arrears

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced major relief for Pakistan’s business community by agreeing to recover pending...

ECC defers ECP grant request, approves Rs1b for scholarships, relief allocations

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet deferred a request by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for...

Pakistan exporters eye Saudi Arabia as Vision 2030 fuels healthcare expansion

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s globally recognised surgical instruments industry is eyeing Saudi Arabia as a “lucrative” growth market, as the Kingdom ramps...

LESCO reduces export unit rate for net metering consumers

LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has reduced the electricity export rate by 66 paisa for net metering customers. The...

SBP governor says new designs, polymer currency under review

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad dismissed reports of plans to phase out the Rs5,000 currency note,...

FBR imposes major penalty on customs inspector Abdul Fatah for possessing NCP vehicle

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed a major penalty on a customs official after disciplinary proceedings established...

FBR issues Rs189m tax demand against M/s Sazgar Engineering Works Ltd

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has raised a tax demand of Rs188.9 million against Sazgar Engineering Works Limited,...

KPRA forms task force to ensure monitoring, enforcement

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) constituted a task force to ensure continuous monitoring and enforcement. The decision was taken...

Pakistan, Kazakhstan set $1b trade target, agree on regional transport corridor