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Major reshuffling in FBR soon
ISLAMABAD: New postings and transfers are expecting in coming days in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). These new postings and...
Traders to hold convention today against 0.3% WHT
LAHORE: All Pakistan traders to hold convention against levy 0.3 percent withholding tax on banking transactions today on 24 July,...
Excise collects Rs 1.8m entertainment tax during Eid days
LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has collected record tax of Rs 1.8 million during three days of Eidul...
Karachiites urged to stay away from broken electricity wires, poles during monsoon: KE spokesman
KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) has advised the citizens of Karachi to adopt precautionary safety measures in light of the monsoon season...
ANF foils bid to smuggle heroin to Bahrain at Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotic Force has foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin to Bahrain from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad and...
Non-taxpayers to pay extra annual vehicle token tax fee
ISLAMABAD: The annual vehicle token fee payers must carry photo copies of their Computerised National Identity Card, Vehicle Registration Book...
LHC rejects bails of five drug smugglers
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected the bail applications of five drug smugglers who belonged to different districts....
WeBOC-App for Android phones to be launched soon
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs Directorate of Reforms and Automation is going to develop Web-based One Customs (WeBOC) Application for Android phones...
Customs to take help from CCTV footage to investigate mega gold smuggling scam
LAHORE: The Customs investigation has decided to investigate further in a case of gold smuggling and to take help from...
FIA arrests two employees of PIA
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration Cell deputed at Allama Iqbal International Airport arrested two employees of the Pakistan...
Token tax concession to end on July 31 in Rawalpindi
ISLAMABAD: Only nine days are left in 10 percent concession rate of token tax announced by the Motor Branch of...
Recorded music income up healthy 7% in Norway in first half of 2015
OSLO: Recorded music income was up a healthy 7% in Norway in the first half of 2015, with streaming finding...
Afghanistan waives customs duty on Pak items
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has waived the financial guarantee of 110 percent customs duty and $100 per 25 tonnes charges on Pakistani...
China’s ICBC becomes biggest profit earner in the world
BEIJING: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest bank by market value, has strengthened its position by...
Australia inks live cattle export deal with China
BEIJING: Australian Minister of Agriculture Barnaby Joyce has announced a breakthrough in live cattle export trade negotiations with China here...
China’s non-performing loans to exceed 1.5% this year
BEIJING: Chinese banks' non-performing loans (NPLs) will probably exceed 1.5 percent this year, if no appropriate economic stimulus program is...
China FDI increases 0.7% in June
BEIJING: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 0.7 percent year on year in June, the Ministry of...
FAW-Volkswagen sales drop 11.27% in China in H1
BEIJING: FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd, once a sales champion in passenger vehicles, saw its car sales drop 11.27 percent year...
US tells China Construction Bank to tight money laundering controls
BEIJING: China Construction Bank has been ordered to tighten money-laundering controls at its New York branch to resolve an enforcement...
US stocks end lower, Dow Jones tumbles 68.25pts
LONDON: US stocks ended lower on Wednesday weighed by a selloff in technology following disappointing results from Apple and Microsoft....
