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FBR refunds Rs37b to taxpayers in Sept 2023
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has paid refunds amounting to Rs37 billion during September 2023 as compared to...
Active taxpayers list reaches record high at 4.78 million by Oct 1, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Active Taxpayers List (ATL) has reached a historic milestone, with a record high of 4.78 million taxpayers for...
FIA registers case against two Pakistani businessmen for ‘defrauding’ Chinese investor
ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani businessmen have been booked over the charge of defrauding a Chinese investor. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...
Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows by 42pc in 1QFY23
KARACHI: The trade deficit contracted by 42.25 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal year compared to...
ICCI holds its 39th annual general meeting
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) held its 39th Annual General Meeting, which was attended by a...
Gas tariff increase plan in works under IMF agreement
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division is in the process of giving the final touches to a summary to increase the gas...
Karachi I&I impounds smuggled goods worth Rs1.406b during September
KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Karachi has seized smuggled goods worth Rs1.406 billion, exceeding the assigned target...
Gwadar Customs seizes two tankers filled with Iranian diesel worth Rs40.4m
GWADAR: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) team has foiled a bid to smuggle Iranian diesel, worth Rs40.4 million...
Pakistan becomes IDA’s top borrower in 2023, secures $2.3bn
KARACHI: The World Bank, in its latest annual report, has marked Pakistan as the top borrower of the International Development...
No new tax in the caretaker setup, FBR tells IMF
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has showed its satisfaction over the performance of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). According...
FBR surpasses target by Rs63bn in Q3FY24
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs2,041 billion against the assigned target of Rs1,978bn in the first...
FBR extends tax returns filing date to Oct 31
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the date of filing income tax returns for Tax Year 2023...
Pakistan, Azerbaijan join hands for resilient, sustainable urban planning
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Azerbaijan join hands for a climate resilient and sustainable urban planning keeping in view the real challenges...
FBR’s systems functioning efficiently to ensure smooth return filing
ISLAMABAD: In a letter addressed to FBR, the Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has raised certain issues which either are...
Pak Suzuki plans to export cars
LAHORE: Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd (PSMCL) chief executive Hiroshi Kawamura has said that the company has been working on...
PHHSA urges holistic and institution-based approach to build tax capacity
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Hitech Hybrid Seed Association has said that to build tax capacity, governments will urgently need to take...
FTO Coordinator highlights transforming globalization with growing role of regionalism
ISLAMABAD: Coordinator to Federal Tax Ombudsman Meher Kashif Younis has said that the concept of globalization is undergoing a transformation,...
FTO directs Multan Customs & LEAs to take effective measures to curb sale of Iranian diesel in South Punjab
MULTAN: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has accused customs officials and law enforcement agencies of incompetence and negligence for not...
ADB Capital Management Reforms unlock $100b in new funding
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved capital management reforms that unlock $100 billion in new funding capacity over the...
ANF seizes 125kg hashish from onion export container at PICT
KARACHI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in a raid at a container terminal here foiled smuggling of drugs to overseas. A...
