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Finance Ministry takes stringent measures to maintain fiscal deficit at 4.9% of GDP
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has taken numerous steps to maintain fiscal deficit at 4.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after...
New initiatives in Textile Package result in increasing textile products
ISLAMABAD: The initiatives announced under the Textile Package incorporated in the finance bill 2014-15 has enhanced exports of textile products...
Supermodel Ayyan submits evidence to prove ownership of $500,000
ISLAMABAD: Supermodel Ayyan has submitted evidence to customs authorities regarding the ownership of currency that was being allegedly smuggled by...
China land-sale revenue dips 1.7% in Jan-Feb
BEIJING: China’s central and local governments collected more than 2.57 trillion yuan over the first two months of this year,...
China’s Life Insurance profit jumps by 30% to $5.28b in 2014
BEIJING: China Life Insurance Co, the country's largest insurer, reported a net profit rise of 30.1 percent year on year...
China’s polymer imports fall 8% to 322,210 tonnes in Feb
BEIJING: China’s import volumes of most key polymers fell in February, with the overall intake of petrochemicals showing a mixed...
China iron ore imports down 0.9% to 146.6m tonnes in Jan-Feb: Customs
BEIJING: China imported 146.6 million metric tons of iron ore in the first two months this year, down 0.9% compared...
ASO seizes 37 tonnes of packing material from four trucks
KARACHI: The Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) has confiscated packaging material weighing over 37 tonnes worth Rs 10 million and impounded four...
FIA arrests six human traffickers in Lahore
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested six human traffickers involved in illegal immigration during different raids in Lahore....
Punjab govt to approach FBR to raise farmers’ GST issues
LAHORE: The Punjab government will approach the federal government on farmers’ issues pertaining to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...
Export Collectorate to brief chief collector Nazim on up-gradation of export module
KARACHI: The Directorate of Reforms and Automation has entered into its final phase in order to upgrade export module pertaining...
Collector Saleem vows to recover outstanding dues from tax defaulters
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement-West Muhammad Saleem has made it clear that collectorate will not leave any stone unturned...
Excise seizes documents of 200 vehicles in Lahore
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department has seized the documents of more than 200 vehicles in Lahore during a general...
Hyderabad: Customs seizes 5,000 liters smuggled diesel
HYDERABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad has seized foreign origin 5,000 liters High Speed Diesel near Badin Road in Golachi...
Appraisement-West holds meeting with PAC, DAC to settle audit paras
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement-West on Thursday held two separate meetings with the officials of Post Clearance Audit (PCA)...
Customs export collectorate detects eight cases of using fake Form-E in last six months
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Exports Karachi has detected eight cases of using fake E-Form in export consignments during the...
US customs, Puerto Rico police arrest undocumented migrant
SAN JUAN: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agents and Puerto Rico Police Department Officers arrested an undocumented...
Pak rupee strengthens in interbank, gains 31 paisas to close at 101.70
KARACHI: Pakistani rupee strengthened against US dollar in interbank, however, it lost value in open market. According to local currency...
New $50 billion bank: China refuses reports of obtaining veto power over AIIB
BEIJING: A top Chinese finance ministry has refused the media reports that Beijing is obtaining veto power over the country’s...
Australian stocks down 1.3% by break, S&P 200 dips 1.25%
PERTH: The Australian stocks was down 1.3 per cent at noon, all but abandoning its quest to break through the...
