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Tax on bank transactions: Trade bodies halt negotiations with govt
Traders to stage protest on August 1 LAHORE: The All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran has announced to stop the dialogue process with the...
Japan approves increase in compensation payments for Fukushima crisis to $57.18b
TOKYO: Japan approved an increase in compensation payments for the Fukushima crisis to 7.07 trillion yen ($57.18 billion), as tens...
Govt fixes SST/PhD allowance for employees of all ministries, departments
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has fixed Special Science & Technology/PhD allowance for the officers of all the ministries and departments....
New Zealand dollar jumps 6 ½ weeks high against Australian dollar
WELLINGTON: The New Zealand dollar has risen to a six-and-a-half week high against its trans-Tasman counterpart after a slump in...
Australian dollar falls against USD, Yen , Euro & won
SYDNEY: Consumers in the market for a new television, fridge or other household items are urged to get shopping now,...
American student uses hand brush to scrape soil into dust pan
MALI: Crouched in a shallow square grid dug into the red African earth, American graduate student Sarah Edlund uses a...
Inner Mongolia rare earth exports rise 36.5% in H1
HOHHOT: North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China's largest supplier of rare earth minerals, reported a substantial growth in exports...
Chinese central bank enhances effort to fight money laundering
BEIJING: China's central bank and other government agencies have vowed to step up efforts to combat money laundering, following recent...
China power use predicts to 3% to 5.7t kWh in 2015
BEIJING: China's National Energy Administration (NEA) predicted that power use would rise 3 percent to 5.7 trillion kWh in 2015...
China generating electricity from non-fossil energy increases 16% in H1
BEIJING - China generated more electricity from clean energy resources in the first half of 2015, as the country strived...
FBR introduces SMS service 9966 to facilitate taxpayers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a new mobile SMS service “9966” for verification of status on Active...
Iran, European companies ink $2b trade deal
TEHRAN: Head of Iran’s Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance (OIETAI), Mohammad Khazaei, says more than $2 billion of...
Iran to export oil, gas to Europe combating tech imports
TEHRAN: The Islamic Republic of Iran will focus on its oil, gas, and car industries with an eye to exporting...
Dutch exports to Russia decline $1.38b in Q1 2015
AMSTERDAM: Dutch exports to Russia have fallen nearly 40 percent since last year, data showed on Friday, as relations between...
Russia becomes biggest crude supplier after Saudi Arabia
MOSCOW: A gas station stands in front of the oil refinery facilities of Sinopec in the Pudong district of Shanghai....
PNG Customs arrests Chinese due to pornographic stuff
PORT MORESBY: A Chinese national was apprehended at the Jackson’s International Airport by PNG Customs officials for having in his...
Customs Intelligence issues alert on import of telecom equipment
KARACHI: Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-FBR, Karachi region has issued an intelligence alert to all field formations and collectorates...
FBR makes mandatory for officers to attend management courses
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has developed a code of conduct to discourage those officers who avoid attending...
Withholding Tax: Final round of talks between govt, traders today
ISLAMABAD: Talks between government and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce result in failure, after this traders announce to hold...
UAE not providing assets’ details of Pakistani investors to FBR
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has denied giving bank accounts and details of assets of Pakistani investors and...
