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Customs Court extends judicial remand of M. Sadiq
LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling heard 14 cases on Wednesday and issued necessary orders and directions...
FBR directs all collectorates to speed up process of tax collection
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed all collectorates of the country to speed up process of tax...
Tax evasion: FBR decides to take action against luxury vehicles owners
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to take stern action against owners of luxury vehicles from January...
Solution to withholding tax in the offing: LCCI VP Mian Saeed
LAHORE: The government has seriously taken up the issue of withholding tax on all banking transaction and during current month...
Customs Intelligence DG Imtiaz Ahmed for finalising strategy against smuggling
KARACHI: Custom Intelligence and Investigation Director General Imtiaz Ahmed has reached Karachi and had meetings with Director Asif Marghoob Siddiqui...
NA passes Anti Money Laundering Amendment Bill 2015
ISLAMABAD: In order to bring further improvement in the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010, the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Wednesday, got...
FBR set to achieve target of 1m filers: IR Member Rehmatullah Wazir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is set to meet target of 1 million filers of tax returns while efforts...
Cell phone smuggling ring in Shenzhen using school boys
SHENZHEN: An iPhone smuggling ring is said to be using more than 50 secondary school students to ferry the handsets...
Saudi Arabia’s building, construction exports rise by 6% annually
RIYADH: The domestic export of construction and building materials and products grew at a constant rate of six per cent...
China allows free refineries to export fuel in 2016 for first time
BEIJING: Beijing will allow independent refineries to export refined fuel next year for the first time, sources said, freeing up...
Australian dollar bounces back to 1-month high
PERTH: The Australian dollar bounced back to a one-month high Wednesday after RBA governor Glenn Stevens hinted that no rate...
Police seize 16,000 Chinese cigarettes in Islington raid
BEIJING: A raid on a suspected illicit tobacco factory has led to 16,000 illegal Chinese cigarettes and almost 12 kilos...
Chinese ethanol imports fall 43% from Sep 2015
BEIJING: In China, October ethanol imports slumped from the all time high achieved in September to 68,961 cubic meters, down...
Russian trade delegation to visit Pakistan for investment
MOSCOW: A delegation of Russian businessmen led by Ildar Mingaleev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic...
Chinese dairy imports to increase in 2016
BEIJING: China's milk powder buying, one of the most important drivers of dairy values, will improve next year - but...
Govt should make business-oriented polices: RCCI President Mian Humayun
RAWALPINDI: The potential of Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status given to Pakistan more than one and half years...
China still Iran’s top oil client: Customs data
BEIJING: China's October Iranian crude oil imports edged down slightly from a year earlier to their lowest level in 14...
Russia relieves ban on nuclear tech exports to Iran
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has eased an export ban on nuclear equipment and technology to Iran, a Kremlin decree published...
China’s Qunar Cayman revenue rises 164.4% YoY to $208m in 3Q
BEIJING: Qunar Cayman Islands Limited, China's leading mobile and online travel platform, today announced its unaudited financial results for the...
Saudi Customs foils attempt to smuggle 5, 000 pills
JEDDAH: Customs authorities at the King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah foiled an attempt to smuggle 5,000 Prazolam pills...
