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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...
FBR detects under-invoicing in milk imports
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has detected underinvoicing on the import of milk preparations for infant use from European Union...
Foreign posts of commercial officers not being abolished: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Commerce and Textile Industry Khurram Dastgir informed the Senate that Pakistan exported a total of 78...
Customs to get 60 vehicles soon for curbing cross-border smuggling
ISLAMABAD: As part of a multi-pronged strategy to curb smuggling on borders, Pakistan Customs is likely to get 60 vehicles...
Man held with heroin
ISLAMABAD: The Airport Security Force arrested a man with one-kg of heroin at Islamabad airport. As per details, the man...
FBR announces exemptions for govts, diplomats, privileged persons
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has announced exemptions for federal and provincial governments, foreign diplomats, diplomatic missions and individuals entitled...
Senate body for handing over 84 acres of Gwadar land to Chinese company
ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping of Upper House of the Parliament emphasized handing over 84 acres of...
FBR sticks to plan of publishing directory of 0.85m registered taxpayers
ISLAMABAD: FBR will remain stick to its plan of making public the details of registered taxpayers through a tax directory...
Commerce secretaries talks in New Delhi tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Secretaries of Pakistan and India are scheduled to resume trade talks in New Delhi on Jan 14. The...
Leather goods’ exports swell in 5 months
ISLAMABAD: Leather goods exports increased by 9.89 percent in the first five months of current fiscal year 2013-14 against the...
Lower FED, ST payments awaken FBR
ISLAMABAD: Low tax collection, especially sales tax and FED payment in the second quarter (October-December) of 2013-14 has awakened the...
Thriving cross-border smuggling: Authorities must rise to the challenge
ISLAMABAD: The menace of smuggling continues to bleed the national economy without let and hindrance while the authorities concerned have...
Finance Minister chairs first meeting of Economic Advisory Council
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of Economic Advisory Council (EAC) which lasted for over four hours was held at the Finance...
