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5,000 alcohol permits renewed in Punjab
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department of Punjab has renewed 5,000 alcohol permits in Punjab yet. These permits were issued...
Iftikhar Babar to convene meeting of FBR, traders to resolve outstanding issues
SIALKOT: Secretary Board of Investment (BOI) Pakistan Iftikhar Babar has said that after the commencing of the grand project of...
LCCI demands massive cut in petroleum prices
LAHORE: Senior vice president of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged the government to pass on the benefit...
Excise to regularize contract employees from next month
KARACHI: Department of Excise and Taxation Sindh has decided to regularize contract based employees from next month. Sources told Customs...
Extension date expires for filing tax returns of July 2015
MULTAN: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Regional Tax office Multan has collected taxes from the listed taxpayers on the...
ANF recovers 58.8 kgs hashish, arrest two smugglers
PESHAWAR: The Anti-Narcotics Force has arrested two smugglers and recovered 58.8 kilogram of charas in two separate crackdowns. Sources said...
DG ANF to chair meeting of educational institutions
ISLAMABAD: Anti-Narcotics Force has called a meeting of the vice chancellors, principals and heads of the Rawalpindi and Islamabad private...
Customs seals guest house involved in tax evasion
ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue has sealed a guest house allegedly involved in million of rupees sales tax evasion ....
PCA Lahore new director to assume office tomorrow
LAHORE: Ahmad Rauf, the newly posted Director at Customs Post Clearance Audit (PCA), Lahore will assume his new official responsibilities...
Customs Multan directs staff to declare assets
MULTAN: Model of Customs Collectorate Multan has directed customs employees for the declaration of assets held and acquired by them...
Iran plans to stop iron ore exports from March 2016
TEHRAN: Iran plans to stop crude iron ore exports starting from March 2016, an official says. “Starting from March 2016...
China’s Yutong building bus factory in Venezuela
CARACAS: Chinese bus maker Yutong's new factory will be inaugurated in western Venezuela in October, said Haiman El Troudi, Venezuelan...
FBR decides to deduct 300,000 active taxpayers’ income tax at source
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to deduct 300,000 active taxpayers’ income tax at source. Sources told...
FBR to verify educational credentials of its officials
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed all its officials and staff members to submit their educational credentials...
Govt to offer relief in new trade policy for economic growth: Dastgir
GUJRANWALA: Federal Minister for Commerce Engr Khurram Dastgir on Saturday said the federal government would offer relief package to business...
Switzerland’s export fall 4.9% in July
ZURICH: Switzerland's exports fell in July as the strength of the Swiss franc curbed demand in the European Union and...
China Unicom profit jumps 4.5% to $1.11bn in H1
BEIJING: China Unicom, one of China's three state-owned telecom companies said its net profits in the first half of the...
Business travel spending in China to grow by 15.6% in 2015
BEIJING: Business travel spending in China is expected to grow by around 15.6 percent this year to about 126 billion...
Becton Dickinson targets $600m revenue from China
BEIJING: Becton Dickinson and Co, a United States-based medical technology company, is targeting a 17 percent growth in sales from...
M&A deals in China expand to $352b in H1: report
BEIJING: Merger and acquisition deals completed in China were worth a record $352 billion in the first six months of...
