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Visa for 10 fold increase in digital payments in Pakistan
KARACHI: Visa plans to boost the number of businesses accepting digital payments in Pakistan by tenfold over the next three...
FBR awards penalty for misreporting to Preventive Officer Zulfiiqar Ali
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed a major penalty on Zulfiqar Ali, an Inspector of Preventive Service,...
ADB report reveals 398pc rise in trade-based money laundering in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) identified the types of goods commonly linked to suspicious trade include solar panels, textiles,...
Indonesia ready to negotiate FTA with Pakistan for promoting trade liberalization: Rahmat Hindiarta
ISLAMABAD: Rahmat Hindiarta Kusuma, Charge d’Affaires of the Indonesian Embassy on Wednesday said that Indonesia is ready to negotiate a...
Chinese business delegation visit SIFC
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Chinese business delegation, comprising Xinjiang Iron Brothers Co Ltd with four other prominent Chinese business entities visited...
Govt introduces major changes to pension policy
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has introduced critical amendments to the existing pension scheme to manage the escalating pension costs. These...
Lahore I&I & Enforcement anti-smuggling operations achieve record success in early FY 2024-25
LAHORE: Regional Directorate of Customs Intelligence & Investigation has demonstrated exceptional performance in the first two months of the fiscal...
RCCI calls for 4pc interest rate cut
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has urged the Government of Pakistan to lower interest rates by...
Multan I&I destroys 87 tons of smuggled goods worth Rs146.7m
MULTAN: Regional Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation, led by Director Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Wattoo, conducted a significant operation resulting...
Multan Dry Port faces severe financial crisis amidst govt policy challenges
MULTAN: Multan Dry Port, the only clearance station in Southern Punjab, is grappling with a severe financial crisis due to...
FBR announces updated WHT rates for rental income on immovable property
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced updated withholding tax rates on income from rent of immovable property...
CCP approves acquisition of shares in Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has granted approval for the acquisition of 11.9% of the paid-up ordinary share...
FBR, LUMS sign MoU on machine learning & data analytics
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Technology for People Initiative (TPI) of Lahore University of Management Sciences...
Aurangzeb terms agriculture, IT as mainstay of economy
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said here on Tuesday that agriculture and information technology (IT)...
Workers’ remittances increase by 44pc to $5.936b inflow in two months
KARACHI: The overseas workers’ remittances witnessed an increase of 44 per cent during the first two months of the current...
Finance Minister reiterates resolve to restructure power sector
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb here on Tuesday recounted the structural reforms being undertaken in...
Finance Ministry reveals details of external debts over last five years
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance presented details of the external debts of Pakistan during the last five years in the...
Aurangzeb meets family of Shaheed L/NK Waqar, pays tribute to martyrs
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb visited the residence of Shaheed Lance Naik (L/NK) Waqar Hussain Shah,...
Commerce minister determine to pursue bilateral trade with Iran, region
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan determined to pursue bilateral trade with Iran and the region under the...
Power looms in Faisalabad facing crisis due to exorbitant electricity bills
LAHORE: Pakistan’s textile hub is in crisis as Faisalabad’s power looms industry is bearing the brunt of exorbitant electricity bills....
