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Collector Memon directs staff to achieve revenue target
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement (East) is inching towards its target for third quarter ending on March 31 of current...
Govt’s writ at border areas, reduction in tax rates a must to arrest smuggling
LAHORE: Writ of government at border areas, reduction in duty and taxes rates and awareness seminar sessions can eliminate illegal...
FCCI satisfied over setting up of valuation camp office in Lahore
FAISALABAD. Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) President Engr Rizwan Ashraf has expressed satisfaction over the establishment of a...
Collector Exports briefs Chief Collector Nazim Saleem over Export Module
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Exports Collector Javed Ghani briefed the Chief Collector-Enforcement (South) Muhammad Nazim Saleem over the progress...
FBR Chairman Bajwa impressed by Turkish tax system
ISLAMABAD: Being overwhelmingly impressed by the Turkish Tax System, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa will brief Finance...
Wheat import despite surplus stock sparks controversy at Finance Ministry
ISLAMABAD: The controversy of importing substandard wheat from Ukraine despite surplus wheat reserves in the country has frustrated the Ministry...
Bearish trend of KSE
The Karachi Stock Exchange remained bearish on the last day of trading on Friday. No such volatility was observed, through...
Super massive black holes cause blasts in cores of galaxies: astronomers
LONDON: Super massive black holes at the centre of large galaxies could be powering blasts from deep inside the galaxy's...
Spain awards €8,400 to compensate French businessman
MADRID: Spain’s Ministry of justice has awarded a French businessman €8,400 in compensation for jailjail his term after Spanish police...
Customs court rejects Ayyan’s plea for Class-B prison status, extends remand by 14 days
ISLAMABAD: A Customs court has extended the judicial remand of supermodel Ayyan until April 11 and also rejected her plea...
$0.5m smuggling case takes another twist: Ayyan’s father shot, wounded; remand extended till April 11
RAWALPINDI: Cash smuggling scandal-hit supermodel Ayyan Ali’s father has been shot and wounded, when he was coming back after ‘attending’...
2 bottlenose dolphins rescued from lake in Australia
SYDNEY: Two bottlenose dolphins have been rescued from a lake in Australia after swimming up a river to chase fish.
HSBC says green bonds to hit $100b as China to drive growth of market
BEIJING: China will drive growth of so-called green bond market, says HSBC. The value of so-called "green bonds" to finance environmentally...
Shanghai Int’l Port Group wins govt tender to operate new Haifa port for 25 years
BEIJING: Shanghai International Port Group wins government tender to operate new port for 25 years. This announcement comes after another...
London, Bristol assure to curb their greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030
LONDON: Mayors from 30 European towns and cities, including London and Bristol, have pledged to curb their greenhouse gas emissions...
KSE loses 30,000 mark, dips 2.35% as 100 index drops 721pts to 29958
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange Friday witnessed another bad trading day as the benchmark KSE-100 Index dropped by 721 points...
China’s National Chemical Corp to buy Italian tire maker Pirelli in $7.7b deal
BEIJING: China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) is to buy Pirelli, the world's fifth-largest tire maker, in a 7.1 billion euro...
China’s Dongxiang revenue falls 10.7% to 1.262b yuan in 2014
BEIJING: China Dongxiang Group Co. Ltd. said full-year attributable profit surged to 915 million yuan from 210 million yuan in...
Collector Zulfiqar Ali vows to clear pending rebate claims of surgical instrument exporters
SIALKOT: Model Customs Collectorate Sialkot Collector Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry has assured the surgical instrument manufacturers and exporters of Sialkot that all...
FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa says refunds issue to be settled by March 31
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa has said that he has taken up the refund issues with...
