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Banks urged to facilitate power plants’ privatization process
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatization Muhammad Mian Soomro on Thursday met with the heads of commercial banks and discussed their...
Car sales, production slump over 50pc during FY2019-20
ISLAMABAD: The sale and production of cars witnessed decrease of 53.54 and 54.92 percent respectively during the fiscal year 2019-20...
FBR allows 2pc income tax on chemicals & dyes raw materials
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has given relief to commercial importers by allowing them to pay 2pc income...
ECC approves markup subsidy for housing finance under NPHDA
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the Economic Coordination...
COVID-19 economic fallout: AIIB approves $250m loan to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors have approved a loan of $250 million to help Pakistan...
FBR abolishes regulatory duty on wheat import
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday abolished regulatory duty on import of wheat in order to bring down...
Construction amnesty scheme: FBR to launch aggressive drive to attract investors
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to launch an aggressive campaign to attract developers/builders to avail the...
Torkham scam: Over 100 vehicles entered Pakistan without paying taxes, NA told
ISLAMABAD: At least 113 identified vehicles entered Pakistan from Afghanistan without paying any leviable duties/taxes, the FBR chairman informed the...
Current account deficit shrinks 78pc to $2.966b in FY20
ISLAMABAD: The Current Account Deficit of the country contracted by 78 percent to $2.966 billion in fiscal year 2019-20 (Jul-Jun)...
LNG case: NAB freezes assets of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday frozen the moveable and immovable assets of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Miftah...
Big retail units to be sealed till integration with FBR
ISLAMABAD: Big retail units shall be sealed till their integration with the online system of the Federal Board of Revenue...
FBR allows import of heavy electric vehicles at 1pc customs duty
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed import of heavy electric vehicles at one percent customs duty. Through Finance...
Pakistan spends Rs217b on import of mobile phones in FY20
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has spent Rs217 billion on import of mobile phones during fiscal year 2019/2020 amid slow economy and outbreak...
NAB absolutely committed to root out corruption: Chairman Javed Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau has said that NAB is absolutely committed to root out corruption where...
Mis-declaration: Collector Seema Bokhari lodges FIR against M/s Capital Cargo Service
ISLAMABAD: Collectorate of Customs Colector Seema Raza Bokhari has lodged FIR against M/s Capital Cargo Service for misusing M/s Agha...
FTO asks FBR to impose penalty for late return filing instead extending last date
ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has advised the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to impose penalty for late filing of...
SPI based inflation rate goes down this week: PBS
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation this week went down by 0.01 percent for the combined income group, according...
Cutlery exports decrease 9.39pc during FY 2020
ISLAMABAD: The exports of cutlery from the country witness decreased of 9.39 percent during the fiscal year 2019-20 as compared...
BISP data to be used for power subsidy
ISLAMABAD: The government will be using data collected for the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme to identify the beneficiaries as they...
NAB’s effective anti corruption strategy started yielding excellent results: Chairman Javed Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has said that the present management of NAB has chalked out...
