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Member Customs due in Karachi today
KARACHI: Member Customs Nisar Muhammad is due in Karachi today (Saturday) on a 2-day visit. Sources informed Customs Today that...
17pc sales tax: Low tax-to-GDP ratio may not allow ST rate slash
ISLAMABAD: Low tax-to-GDP ratio has left the government with no option but to keep the sales tax rate, the major...
ANF seizes 8kg heroin, 376kg charas; arrests 9 drug peddlers
LAHORE: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered 8 kg heroin, 376 kg charas and arrested nine drug peddlers, seizing three vehicles...
President KTBA urges govt to finalise tax returns by June 30
KARACHI: The President Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) Muhammad Waseem Hashmi has urged the Finance Ministry to finalize the date...
Gwadar ‘free port’ to be a game changer for whole region: Nawaz
GAWADAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the current government plans to develop Gwadar as a ‘free port’ on...
Zahid Hussain Bhayo takes charge as Director Internal Audit
KARACHI: Zahid Hussain Bhayo (PCS/BS-20) has assumed the charge of the post of Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Customs), Karachi. He had relinquished the charge of the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Gilgit-Baltistan w.e.f. 10-04-2014.
Ali Salman Abbasi assumes charge as Member (Enforcement & WHT), FBR
ISLAMABAD: Ali Salman Abbasi (PCS/BS-21) has assumed the charge of the post of Member (Enforcement & WHT), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad. He had relinquished the charge of the post of Director General, Directorate of Training & Research (Customs), Sub office, Lahore w.e.f. 21-04-2014.
Director Transit Trade given look after charge of Collector Adjudication-II
KARACHI: Muhammad Javed Ghani (PCS/BS-20) presently posted as Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi has been assigned the look after charge of the post of Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication-II), Karachi during the leave period of Dr. Ahmad Mujtaba Memon.
Rs 65m WHT fraud: Q Mobile official released after assurance of clearing due taxes
KARACHI: Asif Ali Abro Assistant Director Intelligence and Investigation-Inland Revenue, Karachi said that Q Mobile Manager (Operations) Babar Sultan was...
Govt withholds Rs97b refunds, admits FBR chief
ISLAMABAD: The top taxman of the country admitted on that the government was withholding Rs97 billion refunds of taxpayers –...
Formation of Directorate of Recovery in the offing
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will set up a separate Directorate of Recovery in order to ensure the...
Customs values of Polyester Yarns re-determined
KARACHI: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation has issued Valuation Ruling No.673/2014 in which it re-determined the customs values of...
Rs 58m sales tax fraud: Q Mobile clears Rs40m after accountant’s arrest
ISLAMABAD: FBR Official Spokesperson and Member Inland Revenue Shahid Hussain Asad has confirmed that Q Mobile accountant was apprehended during...
DI&I-IR ‘arrests’ senior official of QMobile
KARACHI: Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation-Inland Revenue, Karachi has arrested ‘accountant’ of QMobile, a popular cell phone company, confirmed FBR...
CEC issues election schedule of Preventive Service Officers’ Association, Club
KARACHI: The schedule of the upcoming elections of the Preventive Service Officers’ Association and Preventive Service Officers’ Club has been...
Shahid Mehmood elected STBA president
SIALKOT: Shahid Mehmood and Abdul Qayyum were elected as president and senior vice president of Sialkot Tax Bar Association (STBA)...
100th NMC participants visit FBR
ISLAMABAD: A group of fifty three senior civil servants undergoing the 100th National Management Course (NMC), along with the Rector,...
Pak-India trade has bright future: SM Muneer
LAHORE: Trade between Pakistan and India has bright future as both the countries are willing to enhance bilateral trade. Nevertheless,...
Single digit sales tax to eliminate malpractices in refund claims: FPCCI
KARACHI: Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Acting President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) demanded for...
Pakistan Customs recovers Rs1,026m from cellular companies
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has recovered a massive amount of Rs1,026 millions from different mobile companies including Digicom Telecommunication, New Allied...
