Performance allowance of 86 Customs officers of BS-16 restored
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has restored performance allowance (equivalent to 100 per cent of basic pay) in respect 86...
Nasir Ghouri takes charge as Commissioner-IR (BTB) in Lahore
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Nasir Khan Ghouri, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of...
Waqas Aslam assumes charge as Secretary (Management-IR)
ISLAMABAD: Waqas Aslam, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Secretary (Management-IR-I),...
Cops nab India Customs official for smuggling red sanders
CHENNAI: A team of Andhra Pradesh police arrested a suspended customs official for smuggling red sanders. Following a tip from...
Two Customs Superintendents to retire next year
ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistan Customs Service officers of BS-16 are going to be retired from the government service on attaining the...
Assist Commissioner-IR’s performance allowance restored
ISLAMABAD: Performance allowance in respect of Tanvir Hussain Bhatti, a BS-17 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has been restored. The...
Russia to enhance Customs controls on Ukrainian goods
MOSCOW: On December 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the suspension of a free trade deal with...
Kinnow exports target decreased by 150,000 tonnes to 200,000 tonnes
KARACHI: The kinnow export from the country has witnessed huge decline because of uncertain circumstances and current climatic conditions. Pakistan...
Dar for further enhancing Pak-US economic ties
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ambassador in US, Jalil Abbas Jillani, has called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and discussed follow up action...
Azerbaijan-Iran raedy to enhance customs checkpoints working around clock
BAKU: Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to switch the customs checkpoints in Azerbaijan’s Astara and Bilasuvar districts to the around-the-clock...
FBR seeks tax proposals for budget 2016-17
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked all the stakeholders, including chambers and associations to submit their proposals related...
Interpol police seize 4.5 tons of smuggled ivory
LYON: A huge international police operation has seized 4.5 tons of elephant and rhino tusks, leading to 376 arrests, Interpol...
110 textile mills closed operations in 12 months
KARACHI: As many as 110 textile mills have shut down during the last year mainly to due to the high...
Indian authorities seize red sanders worth Rs. 30 million
CHANDRAGIRI: The forest officials seized 80 red sanders logs worth Rs. 2 crore during a combing in the forest abutting...
Branchless banking accounts up by 44.4% to 10.8m in Q2
KARACHI: The country’s branchless banking is expanding as the number of such accounts increased by 44.4 per cent to 10.8...
UK Border Force seized 12.3m illegal cigarettes in past two months
HARWICH: One million cigarettes were seized at the Port of Harwich last week – bringing the total number of illegal...
SBP launches videos, app to aware public of banknote security features
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched five videos and a smartphone application to enhance public awareness and...
US court sentences man to 5-years jail for smuggling cigarettes
WASHINGTON: A judge sentenced a northern Virginia man to five years in federal prison for trafficking $13 million in cigarettes...
UAE authorities seize smuggled drugs from Iranian ship
UAE: An Iranian ship smuggling in drugs and two people has been seized by the UAE’s Ministry of Interior. The...
Pakistan Stock Exchange to be inaugurated on Jan 11
KARACHI: The merger of all three stocks of the country, Pakistan Stock Exchange will be launched on January 11 next...
