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FBR freezes 112 bank accounts of tax defaulters
KARACHI: Directorate General of Broadening of Tax Base (BTB) has freezes 112 bank accounts of tax defaulters for collection of...
ASO dmolishes five illegal petrol pumps
HYDERABAD: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) Hyderabad has conducted successful raid and demolished five illegal petrol pumps...
SCCI to launch its own private FM radio channel soon
SIALKOT: Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has announced to launch its own private FM radio channel soon on...
ICCI urges FBR to address concerns of traders over WHT
ISLAMABAD: The traders community was feeling disturbed from the levy of 0.6 percent withholding tax on banking transactions of non-filers...
FBR granted time to implement federal tribunal’s decision
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board or Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday has been granted two more months to implement order given by the...
China donates 587 tractors to boost agriculture in Cuba
HAVANA: The delivery of 587 tractors to Cuba by Chinese YTO Group, a leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery, is a...
PM Nawaz hails Dar on achievement of US $20b forex reserves
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have crossed US$ 20 billion on Thursday which is a new all time record for...
Chittagong court sentences 5 men to jail in smuggling case
CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court yesterday placed five suspects on a five-day remand in connection with the seizure of 2.72 crore...
Kuwaiti oil exports grow 9.9% to 890,000 tons bpd to China
BEIJING: Kuwait's crude oil exports to China in August grew 9.9 percent from a year earlier to 890,000 tons, equivalent...
Iranian foreign trade stand at 41.346b rials in H1: Customs data
TEHRAN: Value of Iran's foreign trade stood at 41.346 billion rials in the first half of this year, according to...
China Customs Districts seize 38kg ice drug
BEIJING: Recently, Kunming Customs District and Yinchuan Customs District jointly intercepted an especially big ice-drug trafficking case at Lancang county,...
Chinese Customs destroys 848.63kg smuggled drugs
SHANGHAI: Recently, Huangpu Customs District destroyed part of smuggled drugs that had been intercepted since 2009, including heroin, ice, cocaine,...
Qingdao Customs seizes crocodile specimen
BEIJING: In luggage control, Liuting Airport Customs Office (affiliated to Qingdao Customs District) seized a specimen of whole crocodile illegally...
China’s non-manufacturing PMI stays at 53.4 in Sept
BEIJING: China's service sector activity held steady in September, an official monthly survey showed Thursday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI)...
China’s PMI surges to 49.8 in Sept
BEIJING: China's factory activity picked up a bit in September but remained in contraction as the country's manufacturing sector saw...
Thailand inks AIIB agreement
BEIJING: Thailand signed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Agreement here Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Wednesday....
China targets huge solar-thermal power project
BEIJING: China is planning a series of solar-thermal power pilot projects to help develop the technology. The industrial scale of...
WTO cuts forecast for world trade in 2015 from 3.3% to 2.8%
BEIJING: The World Trade Organization on Wednesday cuts its forecast for world trade in 2015 from 3.3 percent to 2.8...
Sudan, Saudi Arabia ink deal to finance $100m worth petroleum import
RIYADH: The Sudanese government and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) signed two agreements on Tuesday to finance imports of...
Russia export increases 31% in 2013-14
MOSCOW: Summirizing the results of the 2014/15 season, the Russian Federation has exported 324 KMT of oilseed flax, which is...
