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ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Saturday released 114,000 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 141,400...

Rs120b taxes to be generated thru tobacco industry in next FY

ISLAMABAD: Board members of Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) has said that the tobacco industry would contribute Rs120 billion as taxes...

Textile industrialists urge FBR to grant exemption certificates for machinery import

KARACHI: Textile exporters have demanded Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to allow exemption certificate for import of machinery by industrial...

SBP asks FBR to introduce tax incentives for low-cost housing finance

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has proposed a tax holiday of five years on the income of banks/DFIs...

FPCCI proposes WHT rates for commercial gas; power consumers

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has proposed withholding tax rate at five percent and...

Govt receives positive response after announcing tax amnesty scheme:Haroon

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue, Senator Haroon Akhtar Khan has said that government was receiving positive response...

APTMA demands compensation for delayed refunds

KARACHI: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has demanded compensation for delayed refunds from the date of deemed refund order....

APTMA asks FBR to extend credit facility to investment in factory building

KARACHI: Textile sector has urged Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend tax credit to investment in factory building under...

APTMA proposes capping corporate tax rate at 25%

KARACHI: Textile millers have urged Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to bring down the corporate tax rate to 25 percent...

TDAP-Industry relationship to boost trade sector

LAHORE: The government is committed to facilitate trade and industry to help generate the pace of economic development in the...

Ahsan urges business community to focus on , quality, innovation, competitiveness

ISLAMABAD: Minister of Planning Development and Reforms and Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Friday called upon the business community to focus...

FIA arrests human smugglers gang

LAHORE: The FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC) Lahore has busted a gang of human smugglers involved in looting innocent people...

Cotton crop per acre yield up by 2.4% this year

MULTAN: Agriculture spokesman said on Friday that the cotton crop witnessed surge in per acre yield this year, at 20.48...

Pakistan can get good share in Japanese market through competitiveness: Envoy

19/04/2018

KARACHI: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Takashi Kurai has advised the Pakistani Business Community to become cost and quality competitive...

Excise and Taxation Department impounds 361 vehicle in Faisalabad

19/04/2018

FAISALABAD: The Excise and Taxation Department impounded 361 vehicles over token tax during the general hold up in the division....

FIA arrests 10 deportees