Business

13/06/2019

ISLAMABAD: The government has presented a balanced, and development and growth-oriented budget which envisages several pro-business measures despite the economic...

ANF recovers huge quantity of narcotics during four operations

13/06/2019

PESHAWAR: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted two separate operations at Peshawar International Airport and arrested two accused persons namely Syed Shams...

Supreme Court orders sugar mill owners to pay dues by Friday

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered sugar mill owners to pay their dues to sugarcane growers by...

Rs113b earmarked for railways

ISLAMABAD: The federal government in its budgetary recommendations for 2019-20 has proposed allocation of Rs113 billion for the Ministry of...

Punjab, Sindh budgets for financial year 2019-20 to be presented on Friday

ISLAMABAD: Punjab budget for the next financial year will be presented in the provincial Assembly on Friday. Minister for Finance...

Provinces to get Rs3.2tr under NFC award

ISLAMABAD: Provinces will get Rs3.25 trillion under the National Finance Commission (NFC) award in the next financial year an increase...

Federal Budget 2019-20: Increase in federal excise duty on cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Budget 2019-20 unveiled by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has recommended an increase in the federal excise...

Minimum taxable income revised for salaried, non-salaried people

ISLAMABAD: The minimum taxable income was reviewed and set at Rs0.6 million and Rs0.4 million per annum for the salaried...

Federal Budget 2019-20: FED on cars now categorised into new slabs

ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed a revision in the federal excise duty (FED) on cars, according to State Minister for...

Which products will be pricier after Budget 2019-20?

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday unveiled a Rs7,022 billion austerity budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, setting ambitious tax...

Federal Budget 2019-20: 10pc ad hoc increase in salaries of govt employees

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Budget 2019-20 has recommended a 10 per cent ad hoc increase in the salaries of government employees....

Govt earmarks Rs1,000m for Kartarpur development

ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked Rs 1,000 million for land acquisition and development of infrastructure of Kartarpur under Public Sector...

Budget session to continue till June 29

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser chaired a meeting of the House Business Advisory Committee in the Parliament House to...

Accountability Court approves 10-day physical remand of Asif Zardari

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) 10-day physical remand of former president Asif Ali...

NAB arrests Asif Ali Zardari in fake bank accounts case

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday arrested former president Asif Ali Zardari in the fake bank accounts case...

Crackdown against benami property holders in budget proposed

ISLAMABAD: The upcoming budget for this year will have the proposition to initiate crackdown against the holders of benami properties....

IHC rejects bail for Asif Zardari and Faryal Talpur in fake bank accounts case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday rejected the permanent bail for Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari...

IHC reserves verdict on Zardari, Faryal’s per-arrest bail petitions

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday reserved verdict on pre-arrest bail petitions filed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman...

Deadline for amnesty scheme not to be extended: Shahzad Akbar