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Rizwan urges govt to reduce electricity tariff for industrial sector.
FAISALABAD. Prime Minister should immediately intervene and direct Ministry of Water and Power to reduce electricity tariff, especially for industrial...
ASO Lahore impounds two Honda Civic cars
LAHORE: Customs Lahore Preventives’ Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) has impounded two non-customs paid Honda Civic in the city. Sources said...
Excise directors conference to be held today
LAHORE: To enhance recoveries of the department, a meeting of excise directors will be held on Monday (today). According to...
Audit team detects Rs 60 million fraud in property tax, receipts of millions of rupees missing
ISLAMABAD: An audit team has already completed the audit of Excise and Taxation Department of Rawalpindi for the year 2014-15....
Customs Adjudication issues show cause notices to tax evaders
KARACHI: Customs Adjudication begin sending show cause notices to cloth importers who were found involved in tax evasion. Sources told...
Excise Kasur to achieve 70pc revenue target until September 30: Malik Aslam
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department is expected to achieve its revenue target within the time and more than half of...
Allahwala hails AD Rana Yasir’s efforts for streamline passport system
FAISALABAD: Senior vice President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nadeem Allahwala has lauds Assistant Director Rana Yasir's efforts for...
Finland’s new car registrations up by 8.8% to 8,721 in July
HELSINKI: The number of new passenger cars registered in July 2015 was 8,721, which was 8.8 per cent up from...
Netherlands to strengthen support to Ghana in vegetable production
AMSTERDAM: Netherlands has signaled its determination to strengthen support to Ghana in the area of commercial vegetable production to substantially...
NAB arrests ex-president PHF Qasim Zia on corruption charges
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab has arrested Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) leader Qasim Zia on account of corruption....
Russian trade invites Chinese investors to East Russia Economic forum
MOSCOW: Russian trade and development officials are in Beijing to invite Chinese companies and investors to the East Russia Economic...
Western sanctions can cut Russian GDP by 9%: IMF
MOSCOW: Sanctions linked to the Ukraine crisis could end up costing Russia 9 percent of its gross domestic product, the...
Saudi Arabia Tadawul down 1.55% to hit new 3-months low
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Multi Investment, Transport and Industrial...
Chinese, Russian regions ink economic, investment deals
CHENGDU: Economic, investment and cultural agreements have been signed at a forum on cooperation between regions along the Yangtze River...
China’s Dalian Wanda in talks to buy World Triathlon for $850m
BEIJING: Chinese property and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group is in exclusive talks to acquire World Triathlon Corp, the United...
JD.com acquires 10% stake in Yonghui Superstores for $700m
SHANGHAI: Chinese online retailer JD.com said here the other day that it has bought a 10-percent stake in domestic supermarket...
China rejects $17.6b investment to protect environment
BEIJING: China rejected 17 proposed construction projects involving a total investment of 109 billion yuan ($17.6 billion) for reasons of...
Pak-China customs to implement global customs valuation system
BEIJING: Trade statistics variation have shown by Pakistan and Chinese customs authorities needs to be addressed by implementation of transparent,...
Russian currency tumbles 2% against dollar as crude prices weakens
MOSCOW: The Russian currency sank to its lowest level since February on Thursday, extending a recent rout as the price...
Saudi Arabia executes Ethiopian for smuggling heroin
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday put to death two Ethiopians, a Pakistani and a Saudi. The executions typically carried out...
