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KARACHI: The Pak Rupee ended flat against dollar on Thursday owing to a range bound trading activity, forex dealers said....

Chief Collector Zeba Hai Azhar most likely to be new Member Customs

byM Hayat

LAHORE: Chief Collector of Customs Zeba Hai Azhar is most likely to be the Member Customs Operations Federal Board of...

FBR detects benami property in Umerkot

ISLAMABAD: Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday launched crackdown against benami (undeclared) properties in Sindh’s Umerkot district. According to...

Pakistani workers abroad remit $13.3b in 7 months

KARACHI: Foreign remittances grew to $13.302 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year FY2019-20 as compared...

FBR seeks record of ST from taxpayers of last six-years

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) may ask taxpayers to provide past six years record of their sales for...

SBP reserves up $157m to $18.7b

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $18,735.4 million on February 7, 2020, according to...

Pak-UAE JMC meeting to be held in March: Hafeez Shaikh

ISLAMABAD: Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salim Al-Zaabi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates called on the Adviser to the Prime Minister...

NAB approves illegal appointment reference against ex-PM Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board Meeting (EBM) of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Wednesday accorded approval of filing three corruption references against...

Pakistan, IMF agree not to introduce mini-budget, tax rate hike till June

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed not to introduce a rise in the tax rates until...

PSX witnesses bullish trend as 100 index gains 816 points

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday witnessed a bullish run as the index gained 816 points at the end...

Pak Rupee gains five paisas against US dollar

KARACHI: The Pak Rupee gained five paisas against dollar on Wednesday owing to inflows of export receipts and workers’ remittances,...

Business community hopes for increasing Pak-Turk trade up to $2b

ISLAMABAD: Business community termed the visit of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to Pakistan a golden opportunity to enhance trade and...

FBR notifies fair market value of immovable properties & motor vehicles

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has defined fair market value of immovable properties and motor vehicles in case of...

Asad Umar directs for early finalizing of ML1 financing works

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar asked the Financing Committee of Railways Mainline ML1 project to...

Car sales plunge by 48pc in January

ISLAMABAD: Car sales plummeted 48 percent year-on-year to 11,787 units in January as waning buying power amid economic slowdown continued...

Customs ASO impound Rs13.5m smuggled goods from M/s Alnoor Traders

byM Hayat