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Maersk upgrades its financial forecast for 2015
COPENHAGEN: The low price of oil has contributed to the Danish oil and shipping giant Maersk upgrading its financial projection...
Finnish Inflation falls to -0.2% in April 2015
HELSINKI: The year-on-year change in consumer prices fell to -0.2 per cent in April, according to Statistics Finland’s data. The...
China’s Shanghai CPI jumps 2.6% in April
SHANGHAI: Shanghai’s Consumer Price Index, the main gauge of inflation, grew 2.6 percent from a year earlier in April, according...
Revengeful Port Qasim DC Athar Naveed starts picking on everyone
KARACHI: Unable to justify his actions and mishandling of affairs of the department before the higher authorities, Port Qasim Deputy...
Alibaba invests in Shanghai YTO Express incorporation with Yunfeng Capital
BEIJING: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced a strategic investment in one of China's largest logistics service providers on Friday. The...
Russia wants $1.32b from France for canceling contract of Mistral helicopter carriers
MASCOW: Russia wants $1.32 billion (1.163 billion euros) from France in compensation for canceling a contract to deliver two Mistral...
FBR sends recommendations for promotion of customs officers to PM’s Secretariat
KARACHI: The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has completed its working regarding the promotion...
Car dealers stage rally to protest against increase in registration, transfer fees of vehicles
KARACHI: Representatives and members of Car Dealers Association Karachi staged a demonstration to press their demands. They appealed the government...
Microsoft office 365 import service eases new email archive migrations
AMSTERDAM: New email archive migration options allow organizations to speed up their move to cloud-delivered email services. Microsoft has announced...
Chinese solar sector hit by new trade complaint in Europe
BEIJING: A recent complaint filed with the European Commission (EC), alleging that Chinese solar companies are dodging higher trade tariffs...
UAE’s probe, Hope, could fly to Mars by 2020
BRENT: While the United States and Russia may have been the first to explore Mars, a new set of space-bound...
FBR’s Inland Revenue starts investigation into ‘actual’ assets of Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The Inland Revenue (IR) department of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started investigations into the assets of...
FBR revenue collection up by only 13.6%: SBP
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) collections increased by only 13.6 percent, while persistent structural weaknesses, particularly energy, shortages, low...
Bajwa to visit Karachi along with Maulana Tariq Jameel on Monday
KARACHI: The visit of Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Tariq Bajwa to Karachi has been rescheduled and as per...
Transparent tax collection top priority of Hyderabad Customs: Dr Mujtaba
Hyderabad Collector Dr Ahmed Mujtaba Memon vows to maintain customs’ writ in the region KARACHI: The top most priority of...
Pakistan Coast Guards foil bid to smuggle Iranian diesel/petrol to Karachi
KARACHI: The Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) have foiled yet another bid to smuggle a huge quantity of Iranian diesel/petrol from...
Customs Intelligence recovers smuggled cloth worth Rs 300,000
ISLAMABAD: Directorate of I&I-FBR Regional Office Rawalpindi has recovered 2,715 yards (568)Kg foreign origin cloth from a car. According to...
Customs Court hears 11 cases on Friday
LAHORE: A Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling heard 11 important cases on Friday and issued necessary directions as...
Customs Export arrests key accused involved in smuggling of turtle organs
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate-MCC Exports has arrested a key accused involved in smuggling of turtle organs, including bones, meat...
Dubai real estate: IR intelligence detecting non-taxpayer Pakistani investors
ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation of Inland Revenue is planning to trap the Pakistani millionaires who are making...
