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Jute mills delegation requests to lift ban on raw jute exports
DHAKA: A delegation of jute mill representatives today met Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh Zokey Ahad here and requested withdrawal...
Bangladesh exports rise 13.73% to $2.75b in Nov
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s exports rose 13.73 percent to $2.75 billion in November from a year earlier, driven by stronger garment sales,...
Qatar Airways boosts flights to Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH: Jeddah and Riyadh, which are currently served with a double daily service, will both increase to 21 flights per...
Snags hit Russia gas export plan to China
MOSCOW: Russia is reportedly planning to use supplies of natural gas from a third party to fill a crucial export...
Punjab govt to conduct “special audit” of funds of local bodies institutions
SIALKOT: The Punjab government has decided the “special audit” of the funds and all the development works of all the...
China-Macao trade rises by 32% to $3.95bn
BEIJING: Trade between the Chinese mainland and Macao increased by 32 percent year on year to 3.95 billion U.S. dollars...
China capital outflows to hit $500bn in 2015
BEIJING: China will post record capital outflows in 2015 of more than US$500 billion, according to a report by the...
China real estate investment rises 1.3% YoY in 2015
BEIJING: Investment in China's property sector continued to slow in the first 11 months of 2015, official data showed Saturday,...
Unigroup buy stakes in Taiwan firms for $2.1b
BEIJING: Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd is buying stakes in two Taiwan-based chip companies for 13.5 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) as part...
China fixed-asset investment grows 10.2% YoY in first 11 months of 2015
BEIJING: China's fixed-asset investment grew 10.2 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2015, level with the...
China retail sales rise 11.2% to $434bn in Nov
BEIJING: China's retail sales of consumer goods rose 11.2 percent year on year in November, the highest monthly growth rate...
China approves 2,288 Taiwan investment projects
BEIJING: The Chinese mainland approved 2,288 projects with investment from Taiwan in the first 10 months of 2015, a year-on-year...
Governor Ebad opens renovated Eduljee Dinshaw road
KARACHI: The historic and cultural heritage – Eduljee Dinshaw Road – outside the Customs House has been opened for public...
Customs Preventive recovers 1.2kg cocaine worth Rs 20m from Nigerian passenger
KARACHI: The staff of the Model Customs Collectorate Preventive posted at the Jinnah International Airport Karachi foiled a smuggling bid...
Customs Intelligence striving for smuggling-free environment: DG Imtiaz Ahmad
DG says govt asked to make tough laws, enhance punishment to discourage smuggling ISLAMABAD: Besides hitting hard on illegal trade and smuggling,...
Taxes on luxury items not to affect common man: Dar
LAHORE: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that new taxes had been imposed only on imported luxury items and these...
Collector Jawwad Uwais to review promotions from BS-1 to 15 at East, West, Exports
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has constituted Departmental Selection Promotion Committees DSCs/DPCs under the chairmanship of Collector Customs...
Multan Customs recovers 13 non-customs paid generators
MULTAN: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has seized 13 heavy duty generators worth Rs 23 million. Talking to...
SHC directs IR Intelligence to file reply in flying invoices case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has once again directed the counsel for the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Inland...
Multan Customs Adjudication finalizes 40 seizures cases worth Rs 32.192m in November
MULTAN: The Collectorate of Customs Adjudication has finalized 40 seizures cases worth Rs.32.192 million in November. Deputy Collector Farhat Ali of...
