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Dar reviews arrangements for 3G licence auction scheduled for Mar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while presiding over the meeting of Spectrum Auction Advisory Committee was informed that road shows...
Govt accepts SBP governor’s resignation: Dar
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has accepted the resignation of Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Yaseen Anwar with effect from...
ST registration: FBR going to replace system with new automated one
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to replace the existing sales tax registration system with a new...
Capital gains tax: FBR collects only Rs1.26b
ISLAMABAD: Despite bullish trend in the market during 2012-13, the Federal Board of Revenue collected a meagre amount of Rs1.26...
Stuck cars clearance: Commerce Ministry eyes up Rs627m revenue
ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry is expecting revenue to the tune of Rs627.2 million from the release of used imported cars...
FBR transfers 10 Grade19-20 Customs officers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has announced transfers/postings of 10 Grade 19-20 officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) with immediate...
Units set up after July 1, 2011: FBR wakes up to misuse of tax credit
ISLAMABAD: To check misuse of investment scheme, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has planned compiling data of all industrial...
Trade with any country to be carried out on reciprocal basis: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that trade with any country including India is supposed to...
Bajwa to take part in policy level talks with IMF review mission
ISAMABAD: Chairman FBR Tariq Bajwa will participate in policy level talks with the IMF review mission in Dubai starting from...
Duty waived: FBR allows steel exporter to shift raw material
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has allowed a Lahore-based exporter of iron and steel products to transfer raw materials...
Dar pins hopes on body for sagacious review of SROs
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar reiterated the resolve to review the Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) with the aim to make...
Hundreds of used vehicles stuck up at Karachi ports given waiver by ECC
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet decided to grant one-time waiver for clearance of used vehicles by...
Dar to lead Pakistan in EFF review on Feb 1
ISLAMABAD: Optimistic Pakistani team led by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will conduct the second quarterly review with the International Monetary...
1pc ‘further tax’ draws concerns
ISLAMABAD: Experts and industrialists have raised eyebrows over the Federal Board of Revenue decision to charge one percent ‘further tax’...
Cement industry asked to pay 17pc ST on retail price basis
ISLAMABAD: In pursuance of Finance Act 2013, the FBR directed the Chief Commissioners of Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) and Regional...
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...
