Increasing imports negatively impacting current account

LAHORE: Increasing imports and decreasing exports have negatively inflated Pakistan's current account deficit to $589 million in November despite it...

FBR, EOBI, SECP sign MoU to facilitate businesses

byM Hayat

21/12/2013

ISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Tariq Bajwa, Chairman Employees Old...

Customs officials impound fabric, vehicles worth Rs 12m

byM Hayat

20/12/2013

LAHORE: Customs officials on Thursday seized 64,000 yards fabric and two Toyota Corolla cars worth millions of rupees in different...

Bajwa, Asad, Marwat promoted to Grade 22

byM Hayat

20/12/2013

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday promoted 23 officials of deferral services to Grade 22 including FBR Chairman...

Taxpayers, tax officials can rid Pakistan of economic crunch: Asif Jah

byM Hayat

19/12/2013

LAHORE: Pakistan’s economic problems can be resolved if taxpayers and tax officers prefer larger national interests over their personal and...

Pak-India trade up by $667.45m in 2012-13

byM Hayat

19/12/2013

LAHORE: Pak-India bilateral trade has increased by $667.45 million in 2012-13 as compared to the corresponding period of the last...

Customs authorities seize goods worth Rs5m

byM Hayat

18/12/2013

LAHORE: Customs officials have impounded non-customs paid cloth and LED TVs worth Rs.5 million. According to details, Customs anti-smuggling unit impounded...

Customs impounds Rs 15,735m non-duty paid goods in 3 years

byM Hayat

16/12/2013

LAHORE: Pakistan Customs has seized non-customs paid goods worth Rs 15,735 million during the last three years, sources said on...

Huge forex reserves pouring in from deep sea fish export: Kamran Michael

byM Hayat

16/12/2013

LAHORE: Huge forex reserves has begun pouring in the country as European Union (EU) has allowed Pakistan to export deep...

GSP Plus status to increase textile exports by $1b

byM Hayat

14/12/2013

LAHORE: Duty-free access to the European markets under Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Plus status to Pakistan will help attract...

DCO visits Faisalabad Dry Port

byM Hayat

13/12/2013

FAISALABAD: The District Coordination Officer (DCO) visited Dry Port at Chak Jhumra Road on Thursday and met with the trustees...

3 vehicles worth millions impounded

byM Hayat

12/12/2013

LAHORE: Lahore Model Customs Collectorate’s anti-smuggling wing on Wednesday impounded three vehicles worth millions of rupees. Sources said that the...

Customs foils bid to smuggle artificial leather, silk cloth

byM Hayat

11/12/2013

Lahore: Customs officials impounded millions of rupees non-duty paid 6,000 metre silk cloth and 8 tonnes of artificial leather. Sources...

Export of grapes, citrus, olive likely to increase

byM Hayat

09/12/2013

LAHORE: A new variety of seedless citrus fruits, grapes and olives can contribute to meet the export needs to fetch...

Pak-India businessmen interact to remove non-tariff barriers

byM Hayat

09/12/2013

LAHORE: Topmost 177 Pakistani businessmen, who are currently on seven-day long visit to Amritsar, Delhi and Agra, had fruitful discussion...

177 Pak businessmen cross Wagah border to tap trade opportunities

byM Hayat

07/12/2013

LAHORE: At least 177 Pakistani traders and industrialists crossed Wagha border in order to attend a trade fair in Amritsar...

Customs officials impound cloth worth million of rupees

byM Hayat

06/12/2013

LAHORE: Pakistan Customs Anti-smuggling squad on Thursday seized smuggling vehicles and cloth on Peshawar-Lahore Motorway in a targeted operation. Sources...