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FBR to link provincial E&T Depts to its data bank
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue completed spadework for linking the Excise and Taxation Departments of all the four provinces...
ECC bans gold import for 30 days
ISLAMABAD: To contain the sliding value of rupee and ease mounting pressure on it against American dollar, the Economic Coordination Committee...
Ban on gold import likely to reduce gap in rupee rates
ISLAMABAD: A 30 days ban on the gold’s import is expected to be imposed by the government in order to...
Dar lauds WB, ADB role in Pakistan’s uplift
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar averred that the incumbent government had taken a number of steps to stabilise the...
Smuggled vehicles: Dispute over possession may render loss to exchequer
ISLAMABAD: Model Customs Collectorate and federal capital’s police are reportedly in a dispute over the ownership of highly expensive smuggled...
Pakistan third largest dates exporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has become the third largest dates exporting country in the world and with proper attention and appropriate interventions...
2pc extra ST: FBR urged to amend special procedure to avoid anomaly
ISLAMABAD: The imposition of 2 percent extra sales tax on consumer items has caused severe problems for the manufacturers and...
Vision 2025: Govt prodded into fixing, categorising taxation
ISLAMABAD: The advisory committee of the Planning Commission prodded the government into fixing and categorising taxation and reducing corruption besides...
SBP sees end to woes in broadening of tax net
ISLAMABAD: Pointing to serious flaws in tax system, the State Bank of Pakistan declared that the sliding economy could not...
Govt needs to phase in new blood in customs: Chief Collector Nadir Khan
ISLAMABAD: Chief Collector Customs Nadir Khan Hoti said that the government should bring in new blood in the Customs Department...
BS-19-20 customs officers asked to submit certificates proving single nationality
ISLAMABAD: Officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) have been instructed to submit certificates of not holding dual nationality under the...
Removal of non-tariff barriers to give boost to intra-regional trade: Dastgir
NEW DELHI: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan emphasizing on pragmatic approach for regional cooperation on trade has said...
Gem exporters slam SRO on export
PESHAWAR: Exporters of precious gems from Khyber Pukhtunkhwa have shown apprehensions over implementation of SRO-760 (1) by the Ministry of...
Khurram gets portfolio of Federal Minister for Commerce
ISLAMABAD: Khurram Dastagir has been sworn in as Federal Minister for Commerce. He was already in the cabinet as a...
Exporters await revision of duty drawback rates
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue is yet to revise the duty drawback rates on the import of certain raw materials/inputs...
Procedural lacunas: PRAL employees yet to get Dec salary
ISLAMABAD: The shortcomings and lacunas in the relevant rules and regulations deprived the employees of Pakistan Revenue Automaton Limited (PRAL)...
Trade talks between Pak-India Commerce secretaries in progress
ISLAMABAD: Talks between Indian Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao and his Pakistani counterpart Qasim M. Niaz are continuing to sort out...
Trade deficit reduced by 8pc
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has reduced by over eight per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year...
Smuggling bid foiled; 150,000 yards cloth seized in Quetta
QUETTA: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Anti-Smuggling unit claimed to have captured around 150,000 yards of smuggled cloth worth millions...
Iftikhar Qutab assumes charge of Member FBR
ISLAMABAD: Chairperson Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) Iftikhar Qutab has assumed the charge of the post of Member (BS-21), Federal Board...
