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Customs Preventive impounds three non-duty paid vehicles worth Rs 8m
ISLAMABAD: Model Customs Collectorate Preventive Islamabad has impounded three non-duty paid vehicles worth Rs 8 million during road checking. Deputy...
Court awards nine years imprisonment to drug trafficker
ISLAMABAD: Special Anti-Narcotics Court has sentenced a smuggler to nine years jail involved in smuggling of 200 kilogram of heroin...
Govt should prevent animal smuggling to save tannery industry
MULTAN: Pakistan Tanners Association North Zone has demanded the government prevent smuggling of animals from Pakistan to rescue the local tanning...
China’s foreign service trade deficit increases to $16.8bn in July
BEIJING: China saw a bigger deficit in foreign service trade in July compared with the previous month, data from the...
ANF foils bid to smuggle narcotics, arrest smugglers
PESHAWAR: The Anti-Narcotics Force Peshawar, during road checking, arrested three suspects and recovered nine kilograms of opium and 204 kilogram of...
IFC provides Rs 20m for construction of LNG Terminal
ISLAMABAD: International Finance Corporation has provided Rs 20 million for the construction, design and operation of LNG Terminal at Port...
Hyderabad ASO seizes 14,000 litres of smuggled Iranian diesel
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad has seized 14 thousand litres of Iranian diesel oil worth Rs 1.4 million near...
Commissioner Inland Revenue to select taxpayers’ cases for audit
MULTAN: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has given powers to commissioner Inland Revenue of the Regional Tax office (RTO)...
Oil tankers strike leads to shortage of petrol
KARACHI: All Pakistan Oil Tankers Association (APOTA) observed strike against imposition of withholding and sales taxes. Due to their strike,...
ASO Sargodha seizes Toyota Hiace Van.
FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Sargodha has seized foreign origin Toyota Hiace van. The market value of the seized vehicle...
UNIDO-Cleantech and ICCI organize Business Clinic for SMEs
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in collaboration with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has organized...
Ijaz Mumtaz calls for early construction of Kalabagh Dam
LAHORE: Being an agrarian country, Pakistan cannot afford to waste huge amount of water resources which are depleting fast. Shortage...
Oil tankers observes strike against imposition of taxes
KARACHI: The Oil Tankers Owners Association Tuesday observed a strike against the imposition of new levy on the transportation of...
0.6% WHT from Oct: FBR reluctant to withdraw tax on banking transactions
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has 'turned down' traders’ demand of withdrawal of 0.3 per cent withholding tax on banking...
Tax evasion of Rs 7.2m: RTO-I attaches Arslan Iftekhar bank account
LAHORE: Regional Tax Office one (RTO-I) freeze the bank account of Arslan Iftekhar in 7.2 million tax evasion and recovered...
Russian MICEX hits 0.81% to new 3-months high
MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power...
Chrysler recalls 11,088 cars from China
BEIJING: US automaker Chrysler is making additional recalls of vehicles sold in China. A total of 11,088 imported Grand Cherokee...
Dutch-Bangla chamber to visit Benelux region to enhance trade
DHAKA: A 14-member business delegation of Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI) will visit the Benelux region—Belgium, the Netherlands,...
‘Cement smuggling through Pak-Iran border threat cement industry’
TEHRAN: The government policy on exports needs revamping to boost exports, as smuggling of cement through porous Pak-Iran border possess...
Dangote Cement inks construction contracts with China
BEIJING: Africa's richest man has signed a contract with a Chinese company to further increase Nigeria's cement production. Dangote Cement...
