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Tax evasion: Customs I&I registers FIR against M/s China Pakistan Tobacco
ISLAMABAD: Customs Intelligence has registered an FIR against the China Pakistan Tobacco Ltd, an industrial concern located in Export Processing...
FBR to introduce new rules to expedite ST refund claims processing
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has drafted new sales tax refund rules for faster, automated payment of the...
Govt decides to release Rs200bn Sukuk bonds again
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Saturday decided to issue Rs200 billion Sukuk bonds for the second time to pay the...
Power tariff likely to be raised by seven paisa
ISLAMABAD: Power companies on Saturday submitted an application to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) seeking seven paisa rise...
Govt considering to abolish deemed duty on diesel
ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to scrap deemed duty on the sale of high-speed diesel and introduce refinery margins for...
Exports to EU posts 2.84pc growth during FY2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the 28-member European Union (EU) during 2018 posted paltry growth of 2.84 per cent. The dismal...
Customs deploys additional staff for round the clock operation at Torkham border
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Customs Operations Dr. Jawwad Uwais Agha has deployed additional staff at Torkham border...
IMF lauds Pakistan’s resolve to stabilize, revive economy
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Governor, State Bank of Pakistan,...
Germany to provide €22.4m for development projects in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Germany on Friday signed a financial agreement worth €22.4 million to support existing projects in the areas...
$2.3b external public debt in FY2018-19 lowest in 3 years
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Affairs Division on Friday said that the net addition to the external public debt during FY2018-19 was...
FBR seeks fresh MoU with China on sharing of GDs for all transactions
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) asked Chief Exports and Valuation and Chief Reforms and Automation to prepare fresh Memorandum...
Pakistan & Germany ink accord worth Rs2160.48m on Social Health Protection Phase II
ISLAMABAD: Economic Affairs Division Secretary, Noor Ahmed and Country Director, German Development Bank (KfW), Wolfgang Moeller, signed financing agreements for...
Reports of exorbitant WHT on rickshaws, bikes ‘baseless’: FBR
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) spokesperson on Thursday strongly refuted reports that the government has imposed withholding taxes to...
FBR constitutes cell to ensure timely completion of FATF action plan
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has constituted a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) cell to ensure effective and timely...
Pak-Japan sign agreement for Human Resource Development Scholarships
ISLAMABAD: Secretary, Economic Affairs Division Noor Ahmed and Yusuke Shindo, Deputy Chief of Mission (Charge d’ Affairs), Embassy of Japan...
‘Only $2.3b added to external public debt’
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Affair Division has strongly rebuffed a media report titled ‘Govt added $10.814 billion to public debt’ during...
Customs I&I develops software to effectively curb menace of smuggling: DG Zahid Khokhar
ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Zahid Kokhar said Customs I&I has developed an anti-smuggling software to...
Mobile phone imports fall 10.87pc
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone imports during FY2018-19 decreased by 10.87 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. The country...
IHC grants interim bail to Miftah Ismail till August 1 in LNG case
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday granted interim bail to PML-N leader Miftah Ismail till August 1 in LNG...
Under IGP Aamir Zulfiqar’s supervision, Islamabad records major fall in crime rate in 8 months
ISLAMABAD: Inspector General of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan said Islamabad Police during last eight months...
