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FBR collects Rs298b more than tax target in five months of FY2022

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs298 billion more than the target set for the tax collection during...

Islamic finance one of most rapidly growing sectors:Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin Tuesday highlighted the main components of Islamic Banking...

Govt needs to boost exports than curtailing imports: Report

ISLAMABAD: The government needs to draw a broad-based policy to focus on increasing exports rather than curtailing imports, a report...

Current model for pay and pension ‘unsustainable’: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has said that the current model for pay...

Inflation rises to 11.5pc in November, highest in 21 months

ISLAMABAD: Inflation during November has registered the highest rise in 21 months with an 11.5 per cent jump on a...

Tarin directs FBR to expand existing tax base & boost revenue collection

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) with the help of the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) will broaden the...

FBR tightens noose around real estate agents, developers

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has ordered real estate agents, builders and developers to obtain registration certificates before...

Tarin assures to resolve all problems of sugar industry

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce & Investment, Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, Secretary NFS&R, Secretary Industries & Production,...

Shaukat Tarin, Pakistan's finance minister, during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Pakistan plans to boost spending on large infrastructure projects by as much as 40% to create jobs and foster productivity in an economy crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, Tarin said. Photographer: Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Shaukat Tarin seeks plan for sustainability of petroleum companies

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Monday directed the Petroleum Division to present a...

Govt likely to extend tenure of SECP chairman

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to extend the tenure of incumbent Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Aamir...

President for regular Pak-Iran bilateral interactions on trade, economy

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi underscored the importance of regular convening of bilateral mechanisms between Pakistan and Iran for trade...

Govt not getting sales tax on petroleum products: Muzzammil Aslam

ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson of Ministry of Finance Muzzammil Aslam has said that the government was getting zero percent sales tax on...

FBR, KPRA to create joint taxpayer database

ISLAMABAD: In order to collect taxes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) along with the KP...

Cabinet to abolish Rs350b tax exemptions

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet will approve the Tax Laws (Fourth Amendment) Bill to abolish Rs350 billion tax exemptions and restore...

FBR moves Supreme Court against abolishing FED on telecom sector

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has challenged in the Supreme Court the Sindh High Court (SHC) judgment of...

Cabinet approves agreement to keep $3b from Saudi Arabia in SBP

ISLAMABAD: “The SBP has finalised all arrangements and now everything is in place and the amount of the agreed deposit...

FTO providing immediate justice to common people

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Dr. Asif Mehmood Jah providing immediate and inexpensive justice to common people across the country...

Nadra’s data has been compromised, reveals FIA official

ISLAMABAD: In a startling revelation, an official of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) revealed that the National Database and Registration...

PTA slashes mobile termination rates from Jan 1

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has reduced the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR) from Rs0.70 per minute to Rs0.50 per...

Weekly inflation eases 0.67 percent