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Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
South Africa’s central bank denies directing banks on KPMG ties
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s central bank said on Friday it had not given banks any instructions on their relationships with KPMG...
Japan’s economy likely posted second best stretch of post-war growth
TOKYO: Japan’s economy likely posted its equal second-best stretch of uninterrupted post-war growth, a government index for August showed on...
Switzerland’s consumer price inflation advanced as expected in September
SWITZERLAND: For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.33% against the CHF and closed at 0.9784. In...
French current account deficit narrows sharply
PARIS: France's current account gap narrowed notably in August from a month earlier, data from the Bank of France showed...
Monetary Authority of Singapore said to be probing Standard Chartered over $1.4 bln transfer
SINGAPORE: Financial watchdogs in Europe and Asia are investigating Standard Chartered Plc over the transfer of 1.4 billion dollars of...
Hong Kong stocks rise to near 10-yr high; financials up, but Macau casinos stumble
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks extended gains to edge closer to 10-year highs on Friday, underpinned by Chinese automakers and...
India services PMI surges to 50.7 in September
NEW DELHI: India's services sector recovers from contractions as its Nikkei India Services PMI Business Activity Index grew from 47.5...
Bangladesh-India sign USD 4.5 bln loan deal
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a $4.5-billion loan deal with India for the development of its infrastructure, health and education....
Vietnam’s exports rise to 12.17Mt in first 8 months
HANOI: According to preliminary statistics released by the General Department of Customs, Vietnam exported 12.17Mt of cement and clinker for...
Ulster Bank to pay some overcharged customers over €100,000
DUBLIN: Ulster Bank said it will have to pay more than €100,000 in redress and compensation to some of its...
Azerbaijan’s Jan-Sept oil exports via Turkey pipeline fall 8%
BAKU: Azeri oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell by 7.8 percent year-on-year to...
Turkish long steel export prices set to rebound
ANKARA: Turkish long steel export prices went down in line with falling scrap prices and weak demand, but the market...
UK house prices rise at fastest pace since February
LONDON: British house prices regained momentum in September, recording their fastest annual rise since February as buyers shrugged off the...
New Sri Lanka e-commerce platform targets small business
COLOMBO: Commercial Bank said it has partnered with WEBXPAY, an online e-commerce platform for small and medium enterprises to enable...
Union Coop receives Dubai Chamber CSR Label for fifth year in a row
DUBAI: Union Coop received the Dubai Chamber Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Label for the fifth year in a row on...
Iran conducts 43-km of directional drilling at oil, gas fields
TEHRAN: The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) carried out 43,498 meters of directional and horizontal drilling operations at Iran’s oil...
Russia wants to start exporting wheat to India
MOSCOW: Russia would like to start exporting wheat to India, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said, speaking at a business breakfast...
US trade deficit narrows to $42.4 bln in August
WASHINGTON: Rising exports and falling imports cut the U.S. trade deficit to $42.4 billion in August, the lowest in 11...
Nigeria Customs seizes 3,665 vehicles from 2015 to date
ABUJA: The Comptroller General of Customs, retired, Hameed Ali, said that the service has seized 3,665 vehicles from 2015 till...
Malaysia’s August export growth at 21.5% y/y, above f’cast
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's exports in August grew to 21.5 percent from a year earlier, beating expectations on the back of...
