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APCAA meets Collector Surriya for early clearance of consignments
All Pakistan Customs Agents Association to meet Collector Saleem on Monday KARACHI: A delegation of the All Pakistan Customs Agents...
Manufacturers seek more exemptions on exports in Budget 2015-16
ISLAMABAD: Manufacturers seek more exemptions from taxes on exports in the upcoming Budget 2015-16, while on the other hand, the...
Customs gets another 14-day judicial remand of ‘uncooperative’ Ayyan Ali
RAWALPINDI: A customs court on Saturday extended for the third time the judicial remand of supermodel Ayyan Ali in the...
Scientists found evidence of cannibalism in a particularly large, aggressive dinosaur species
WASHINGTON: Scientists have found evidence of cannibalism in a particularly large and aggressive dinosaur species that once inhabited North America,...
Chinese Customs seizes two ivory figures weight of 480g
BEIJING: Officers of Customs Office at the Airport stationed by Wenzhou Customs House (affiliated to Hangzhou Customs District) detected a...
Nawaz Rs2.61m, Shahbaz Rs5.13m, Imran Rs218,237, Fazl Rs15,688: 1,040 out of 1,169 parliamentarians file income tax returns
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued the tax directory for the year 2014, which shows that 1,040 of...
IMF chief warns mediocre growth becoming “new reality”
ISLAMABAD: Despite decreasing macroeconomic risks since last fall, the global economy continues to face a number of significant challenges, and...
French court imposes CHF1.04b fine on HSBC
BERN: HSBC has been placed under formal investigation by a French court and ordered to pay CHF1.04 billion (€1 billion)...
Exotic Goldfish species dumped in Colorado Lake posing serious threat to nature ecosystem
NEW YORK: A handful of goldfish dumped into a Colorado lake, evidently by a pet owner years ago, have reproduced...
Finland’s cars registration up 15.3% to 11,097 in March 2015
HELSINKI: The Statistics Finland’s data based on the Vehicular and Driver Data Register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency showed that...
Chief Collector Nasir constitutes team to check veracity of import documents
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement-South Chief Collector Nasir Masroor Ahmed has constituted a team to check the veracity of documents...
Singapore removed from two tax blacklists in Italy
SINGAPORE: Singapore has been removed from two tax blacklists in Italy, making it easier for Italian companies to do business...
China’s March inflation up 1.4% year on year, down 0.5% month on month
BEIJING: China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 1.4 percent year on year in March, the...
US Dept of Commerce halts chips sales for Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2
NEW YORK: The US Department of Commerce has blocked sales of U.S. technology to several Chinese technology centers involved with...
China to construct rail line to Nepal through Mount Everest
BEIJING: The Chinese government is planning to build a railway line connecting it to Nepal, The China Daily newspaper said....
China files request to WTO over EU poultry meat tarrif quota dispute
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization (WTO) said that China has notified its Secretariat of a request for consultations with the...
China Customs arrests two on ‘skunk’ smuggling
BEIJING: Two Chinese men have been arrested in a multi-million pound cannabis smuggling operation. Appearing in the dock of Newtownards...
Directorate PCA forwards 7 cases of violation of SRO 1125(I)/2011 to adjudicating Collectorate
KARACHI: The Directorate of Post Clearance Audit-PCA has forwarded seven cases of tax evasion, in which the importers were reportedly...
Turkish envoy, PBIT agree to enhance trade ties
LAHORE: Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan Sadik Babur Girgin visited the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) on Friday....
FBR, HRDN to launch ‘whistle-Blower’ to stop revenue leakage
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has started implementation of its planning regarding expanding of tax net and stoppage of tax-leakage...