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Awarding MFN status to India to enhance Pakistani exports
SYED MOHAMMAD TAHIR LAHORE: Awarding Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India would not only provide cheap items to end...
Another step towards automated customs checks in Chicago
CHICAGO: New interactive screens at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport are helping travelers speed their way through customs by eliminating the...
Joint operation in US leads to $7.2m marijuana seizure
TUCSON: Joint enforcement operations, aimed at combating transnational criminal organisations operating in the west desert, resulted in the seizure of...
Hong Kong Customs seizes 3kg of cannabis buds
Hong Kong: Officers of the Customs Drug Investigation Bureau conducted an anti-narcotics operation in Yuen Long and seized about three...
WCO workshop on Customs Valuation
DUSHANBE: The World Customs Organisation (WCO) organised a three-day workshop recently in Dushanbe, on the customs value for the officials...
Formal listing of Lalpir Power Ltd at LSE from 20th
LAHORE: Lahore Stock Exchange has approved the application for formal listing and quotation of shares of Lalpir Power Ltd on...
Reforms in tax collection system to increase revenue: Mujtaba
LAHORE: In 2013-14 budget, tax was only levied on affluent segments while agriculture tax will be implemented in phases and...
Committee reviews arrangements for Lahore Shopping Festival
LAHORE: Lahore Shopping Festival Coordination Committee formed by the Chief Minister Punjab met on Friday and discussed all the arrangements...
Pakistan rice shipment rejected by US customs
ISLAMABAD: A shipment of rice from Pakistan was refused entry into the United States after US Customs and Border Protection...
Industrial parks at Port Qasim to change economic landscape of Port City
KARACHI: Upcoming mega industrial zones especially Bin Qasim Industrial Park and Creek Industrial Park, with the booming industrial activity and...
FBR at centre stage as government woos IMF
ISLAMABAD: The upcoming bailout package of International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Pakistan to the tune of $5.3 billion depends upon...
Efficient ports are lifeline of economy: Capt. Haleem Siddiqui
KARACHI: The efficient ports are the lifeline of the economy by virtue of their key role for the promotion of trade...
Agar urges WB team to conduct Indo-Pak cross-border trade assessment study
Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s President Muhammad Haroon Agar has urged the World Bank Group on Trade and Transport...
Speed up revenue collection, Member Customs tells officials
KARACHI: Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Khan continued to convene meetings of the Customs officials on the second consecutive day at...
No new powers conferred to Tax Commissioners for audit: Dar
LAHORE: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday made it clear that no new powers have been conferred to the...
37pc tax burden on imports to harm business activities: KCCI President
Amanullah Khan KARACHI: Commercial importers paying up to 37 percent incidence of taxes on raw materials are mostly out of...
Karachi International Container Terminal a facility par excellence
SOHAIL RAB KHAN KARACHI: The Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT), the country’s one of the leading container terminal operators, has...
Director TDAP assures jewelers to resolve their problems
Faiza Israr ISLAMABAD: The Director Trade Development Authority Pakistan (TDAP) said that our 90 percent exports were initially based on...
Duty collection of two collectorates not synchronised with import value
By Staff Reporter KARACHI: The performance of Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) PaCCS and MCC-Appraisement has raised several questions as the...
FBR figures out plan to achieve ambitious tax target
SM Haider ISLAMABAD: In order to broaden the tax base for securing $5.3 billion bailout package from the IMF, the...
