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Customs court sends two accused in diamonds, gold smuggling on judicial remand
LAHORE: Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has sent two accused in diamonds, gold smuggling case on 14-days judicial...
Customs tribunal sets aside Valuation Ruling 618/2013, ONO No. 33/2014
KARACHI: A division bench of Customs Appellate Tribunal Karachi comprising Member Technical Muhammad Yahya and Member Judicial Muhammad Nadeen set...
Customs court issues notices to guarantor in smuggling case
LAHORE: Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling summoned a guarantor in bail of accused in smuggling on not attending...
Financial experts suggest budgetary proposals for enhancing tax collection, GDP
KARACHI: Financial experts have come up with some budgetary proposals and suggestions for the upcoming Budget 2015-16. The experts envisaged...
Excise Punjab generates Rs7.6 billion motor vehicle tax in 9.5 months of fiscal year 2014-15
LAHORE: Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has collected Rs 7.6 billion in wake of motor vehicle tax during nine and...
LPG marketing companies face heavy losses, Saudi Aramco contract price surges by $7 per MT
LAHORE: The new Saudi Aramco contract price for LPG has risen by $7 per MT and set at $471 or...
PM gives one more hour to traders to close shops by 9pm in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of traders reservations on the issue of closure of shops in Islamabad by...
FBR seeks Customs-Preventive officials’ transfer/posting record of last three years
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Preventive Karachi is preparing a list of the officials including Senior Preventive officer (SPO), Superintendent...
Excise and LDA tussle: LDA seals excise office in Faisal Town Lahore
LAHORE: After sealing of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) parking plaza by excise, LDA sealed the Excise and Taxation office in...
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project a vital concept of development: Irfan Siddiqui
ISLAMABAD: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is not simply a road or railway route, but a vital concept of development...
Ishaq Dar to participate in 48th annual Board of Governors meeting of Asian Development Bank
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan to participate in the 48th annual meeting of Asian...
Federal Board of Revenue promotes five officers of Inland Revenue Service to grade 22
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has promoted five officers of Inland Revenue Service (IRS) to grade 22. The Inland...
Shops to close by 9:00 pm, marriage halls by 10:00 pm in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister of Pakistan has taken notice of the reservations of traders on the issue of closures of...
Mirpur-Kotli dual carriage way at Khaliqabad: WAPDA to rebuild, protect reservoir
LAHORE: As a mark of goodwill gesture for the people of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K), WAPDA has decided to...
Action set up helps Greece absorb €183m in EU Funds
ATHENS: A new action set up to help Greece absorb more EU funding appears to have produced the first results,...
Riots in Central Athens at labour day 2015
ATHENS: Anti-authoritarians threw Molotov cocktails in Propylaea and police responded by throwing stun grenades. Then, the group moved to Exarchia,...
Japan’s April PMI falls to 49.9 against preliminary reading of 49.7
TOKYO: Japanese manufacturing activity contracted in April for the first time in almost a year as domestic orders and output...
Govt not changing CPEC route, Ahsan Iqbal assures
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that government has not changed a single inch of the...
Platts Chinese import premiums for Good Western aluminum falls to $220-$240/mt CFR plus LME cash
BEIJING: The Platts Chinese import premiums for Good Western aluminum fell further this week to $220-$240/mt CFR plus LME cash,...
Outbreak of bird flu in Ontario prompted Saudi to temporarily ban import of poultry products
LONDON: The outbreak of bird flu in Ontario has prompted the Kingdom to temporarily ban the import of poultry products...
