Four drug pushers convicted
FAISALABAD: The session courts on Saturday convicted four drug peddlers involved in different narcotics cases. According to the prosecution, Mansoorabad...
KPK CM meets Chinese ambassador, discusses CPEC project
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of China, Sun Weidong called on Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pervez Khattak here on Saturday and discussed...
Token tax default: 100 vehicles, motorcycles impounded
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Excise and Taxation department has impounded 100 vehicles and motorcycles in an operation launched against token tax defaulters...
FBR investigators summon Ayyan’s mother over Rs 35 million in her account
RAWALPINDI: The Intelligence and Investigation Wing of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has summoned Ayyan Ali’s mother Farhat Sultana...
Revengeful Port Qasim DC Athar Naveed starts picking on everyone
KARACHI: Unable to justify his actions and mishandling of affairs of the department before the higher authorities, Port Qasim Deputy...
PM launches credit guarantee scheme for small farmers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
