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Plastic exports dip over 1pc to $77.23m in 1Q of FY2019-20
ISLAMABAD: The exports of plastic materials from the country during the first quarter of financial year (2019-20) witnessed decline of...
IMF approves $450m loan tranche for Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The IMF praised Pakistan’s economic performance and agreed on next steps, paving the way for release of another portion...
Money sent & property purchased abroad not illegal act: FBR chairman
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) has fetched a meager tax of over Rs5 billion from 325 biggest cases...
FTO directs FBR to conduct audit of cigarette manufacturers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has found that tax department is not realising full potential of federal excise duty and...
Pakistan-China FTA to be activated from next month: Razak Dawood
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood, announced on Friday that China has given approval to early...
ECC gives nod to privatization of NPPMCL
ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has given go-ahead to the Privatisation Commission to fast-track the privatisation of...
Finance ministry rejects newspaper editorial on ‘flawed narrative’
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has rebutted an editorial published in a Karachi-based business newspaper accusing the Minister for Economic...
FBR to have fully automated ‘Track and Trace’ system
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will be instituting within this financial year a fully automated ‘Track and Trace’...
FBR I&I to start action against unregistered manufacturers, suppliers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has given go ahead to directorate of intelligence and investigation for conducting raids against...
Pakistan seeks IMF to drop FATF conditionality, allow reduction in tax target
ISLAMABAD: As the final round of talks in this quarter of the year between the federal government of Pakistan and...
Pakistan decides to settle $90.35m case with Russia
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would return $90.35 million to Russia as part of arrangements to settle a 39-year-old case involving the two...
World Bank lauds govt’s economic reforms
ISLAMABAD: World Bank Vice President Ms Ceyla Pazarbasioglu on Thursday appreciated the economic reforms program initiated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
FBR directs all chief commissioners IR to form committees with traders
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chief (IR-Operations) Bakhtiar Muhammad has issued notification for formation of committees. A notification issued...
NAB to auction Ishaq Dar’s properties
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday permitted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to auction the properties belonging to...
FBR restructuring after taking stakeholders’ nod: Shabbar Zaidi
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi said that restructuring/transformation of FBR will be undertaken after taking into...
FBR mulls use of geo-tagging for documenting real estate sector
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to document the undocumented real estate sector the government is mulling a Chinese proposal of using...
Strong growth witnessed in exports: Hammad Azhar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar said Wednesday the country has witnessed ‘strong growth’ in its export volume...
Pakistan values WB financial & technical support for institutional reforms: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that Pakistan values the...
GB Customs surpasses assigned revenue collection target: ADC Shahid Jan
ISLAMABAD: Collectorate of Customs Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Additional Collector Shahid Jan has said that the Collectorate surpassed assigned revenue collection...
Cabinet approves Electric Motor Vehicle Policy
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet approved the Electric Motor Vehicle Policy, as Prime Minister Imran Khan directed his economic team to...
