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Gwadar ‘free port’ to be a game changer for whole region: Nawaz
GAWADAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the current government plans to develop Gwadar as a ‘free port’ on...
Ali Salman Abbasi assumes charge as Member (Enforcement & WHT), FBR
ISLAMABAD: Ali Salman Abbasi (PCS/BS-21) has assumed the charge of the post of Member (Enforcement & WHT), Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad. He had relinquished the charge of the post of Director General, Directorate of Training & Research (Customs), Sub office, Lahore w.e.f. 21-04-2014.
Govt withholds Rs97b refunds, admits FBR chief
ISLAMABAD: The top taxman of the country admitted on that the government was withholding Rs97 billion refunds of taxpayers –...
PM visits Gwadar port today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will reach Gwadar today to review progress on the deep-sea port, located at the apex...
Dar takes credit for success: 3G, 4G auction fetches $1.1b
ISLAMABAD: The government raised more than $1.1 billion in its long-delayed auction of next-generation telecommunications licences, snapped up by the...
17pc ST being charged on CNG supply: Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa said that the government was charging 17 percent sales tax on...
Wizards fail to woo MPs: Senate body rejects ST Amend Bill
ISLAMABAD: Sensing violation of the Supreme Courts orders, the Senate Standing Committee on Finance rejected Sales Tax (Amendment) Bill 2014,...
Rs 58m sales tax fraud: Q Mobile clears Rs40m after accountant’s arrest
ISLAMABAD: FBR Official Spokesperson and Member Inland Revenue Shahid Hussain Asad has confirmed that Q Mobile accountant was apprehended during...
Fruit export volume can be enhanced by following int’l standards: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir has said that Pakistani fruit exporters can enhance export volume of fruits if they...
Blockage of Rs415b ST refunds questioned: Senate’s body doubts increase in revenue collection
ISLAMABAD: Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance took Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to task for his claim regarding...
Rs674b target for last quarter: FBR needs century to meet April revenue target
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue needs to collect Rs674.11 billion during the last quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal...
100th NMC participants visit FBR
ISLAMABAD: A group of fifty three senior civil servants undergoing the 100th National Management Course (NMC), along with the Rector,...
Duties to be lifted to contain food price hike: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has warned that taxes/levies on import of potatoes will be lifted to bring its price...
Anti-Money Laundering Act: FBR urged to compile list of tax offences
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to provide a list of serious tax crimes...
Bajwa to meet provincial revenue heads on 23rd
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Tariq Bajwa will meet heads of provincial revenue authorities of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber...
ST on packing materials, chemicals: Bajwa assures textile exporters to revise refund benchmark
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has assured the textile exporters of revising the benchmark for issuance of sales...
PTC paid Rs17b: Collection from Cigarette manufacturers rises by 21pc
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue received over Rs17 billion FED, sales tax and income tax from a leading cigarette...
Rs3.8b refunded till date: Tariq Bajwa
Federal Board of Revenue has disbursed Rs 3.8 billion on account of sales tax refund during the period from July...
Reverse cargo clearance: US wants FBR to allow time delay
ISLAMABAD: The DG Directorate General of Transit Trade will submit comment to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) n a...
Sale of Eurobonds revived foreign investors’ confidence: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has said that the sale of Eurobonds has offered a number of economic...
