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Hamad Siddiqui: Business skills of women from Southern Punjab need to be utilised
MULTAN: Women of Southern Punjab are full of talent and skills they can become successful businesswomen if their skills are...
Appraising Intelligence Branch expedites probe into banned pharmaceutical case
KARACHI: Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB) of Model Customs Collectorate-MCC Appraisement (West) has expedited investigation in import of banned pharmaceutical case,...
PRAL, R&A refuse to provide past clearance data to Internal Audit-Customs
KARACHI: Directorate General of Internal Audit-Customs is facing difficulties in order to get access of the clearance data, provided by...
FBR freezes Punjab Public Service Commission bank account
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has frozen the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) account to recover tax amount...
Multan Excise impounds 881 unregistered, token tax defaulters vehicles in April
MULTAN: The Multan Excise and Taxation Department has impounded 881 vehicles in the crackdown against unregistered and token tax defaulters...
Collector Customs Adjudication reserves decision against Commander Agro in mis-declaration case
MULTAN: Collector Customs Adjudication has reserved the decision against the Commander Agro Private Limited in mis-declaration case of chemical of...
Journalists denied access to information at RTO-II in Karachi
KARACHI: It appears that the Regional Tax Office (RTO-II) has decided to negate the government’s policy of access to information...
Pakistan Customs 13 officers steps-up to BS-21
KARACHI: The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has approved the promotion of 13 officers...
Anti- smuggling organisation seizes non-duty paid car
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Model Custom Collecetorate (MCC) wing Anti- Smuggling Organisation (ASO) team has seized a non-duty paid smuggled Toyta Crown...
Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association calls for single digit sales tax
LAHORE: Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association (PIAF) has asked government for single digit sales tax and demanded the government improve...
ÁKK sells HUF 50b of securities at auction
BUDAPEST: The Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) sold a combined HUF 50 bln of securities at auction today, as planned,...
Russia sees about 5,000 tonnes decline in import of turkey meat
MASCOW: In 2014 Russia imported about 5,000 tonnes of turkey meat, according to the preliminary information from Russian analysts, which...
Greece manages to pay $222m to IMF
SHANGHAI: Cash strapped Greece managed to make a 200-million-euro (US$222 million) repayment to the International Monetary Fund here the other...
China’s Ningbo Customs seized 3,400 Infringing Powder Cakes worth RMB17,000
BEIJING: Officers of Ningbo Customs District said they had seized 3,400 powder cakes that might have infringed upon the trade...
China Customs seized 400kg silver bars, 1183 cellphones, 120 LCD monitors worth RMB3m
BEIJING: Officers of Huanggang Customs House (affiliated to Shenzhen Customs District) said they had intercepted 3 smuggling cases in which...
Chinese Customs engaged 10 big smuggling cases in 2014
BEIJING: China Customs made public 10 typical smuggling cases intercepted by Customs officers in 2014, including the smuggling case of...
People on the Solomon Islands killed over 15,000 dolphins for their teeth, research
AFRICA: Traditional dolphin hunts in the Solomon Islands are among the world's largest, researchers in the US have found, with...
KSE sees fluctuation as 100-index sheds 180pts to drop to 33659 level
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange Thursday recorded fluctuation in trading but remained in red zone as 100-index dipped -0.53 per...
Textile industry criticizes FBR on proposed increase in ST on 5 export-oriented sectors
ISLAMABAD: FBR's proposal to increase the sales tax on five-export oriented sectors from 2% to 5% has drawn widespread criticism from textile...
US stocks decline at end, Dow Jones drops 170pts
LONDON: U.S. stocks declined after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen spooked investors by warning of potential pitfalls for investors, referring...
