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Dar fine-tunes trading of govt securities on bourse
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar appreciated the close cooperation among key national financial regulatory institutions which, he said, enabled and...
Pakistan Customs needs to improve communication: Manzoor Ahmad
ISLAMABAD: Former ambassador to World Customs Organisation (WCO), Dr Manzoor Ahmed said that the theme of World Customs Day is...
No return, no ST: FBR moves against major units
ISLAMABAD: Awaking to what is described as a serious discrepancy, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) moved against units, comprising...
Sales tax reduced on textile and leather products
ISLAMABAD: The rate of sales tax has been reduced to 5 per cent on taxable supplies of finished articles made...
FY 2014 targets: Dar satisfied with progress
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar expressed satisfaction over the current economic condition and progress towards achieving targets set for the...
MCCs told no ban on gold jewellery export
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue categorically declared to Model Customs Collectorates (MCCs) that there was no restriction on export...
High level committee contemplating to abolish, amend SROs: Chief Tariff & Trade
ISLAMABAD: The purpose behind issuance of Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) has been to establish a particular industry as some of...
Olson meets Dar: Payment of $352m under CSF by Feb 6
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador in Pakistan Richard Olson said that America will reimburse $352 million to Pakistan under coalition support fund...
Snack bar claims its business deregistered unilaterally
ISLAMABAD: What transpired to be a unique and test case, a tax-evader dealing in food/confectionery business in Islamabad has claimed...
Government to form committee for ITTMS
ISLAMABAD: Government has decided to set up a 13-member steering committee to be headed by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar with...
Normalized reciprocal trade with India to triple Pakistani exports
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that normalising of trade relations with India could boost up...
FBR allows Royal Qatari family to import 43 falcons
ISLAMABAD: Consenting to a request of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) granted the import of...
Bajwa presses for mid-year corrections to recover revenue shortfall
ISLAMABAD: The government is encountering a substantial shortfall in revenue collection including Rs 40 billion in Karachi alone. In this...
FED collection: Cigarette manufacturing giants draw FBR warning
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) categorically conveyed to cigarette manufacturing giant to ensure generation of additional revenue as...
Dar reaffirms pledge to privatisation of sick PSEs
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar asked the Privatisation Commission to evolve a strategy to balance the competing objectives of...
Ghee export to Afghanistan: Govt likely to allow manufacturing bond facility
ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to allow export of vegetable ghee/cooking oil through land route to Afghanistan under the manufacturing...
PMSA, PCG empowered to take on smugglers
ISLAMABAD: With the aim to curb the cross-border smuggling, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) delegated the powers to Pakistan...
FBR to make legislators’ tax details public by Feb 15
ISLAMABAD: Tax details of members of Senate, Parliament and all four provincial assemblies will be made public by February 15. Federal...
Cigarette manufacturing giant likely to meet FBR chief today
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of a leading cigarette manufacturing giant with the Federal Board of Revenue Chairman is likely to take...
GSP to steer country out of economic crisis: President
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the grant of Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP) Plus status to Pakistan by...
