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Pak Customs ready to facilitate Afghan Customs on ATT: Manika
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs have assured all-out support to Afghanistan Customs over their request for streamlining the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT)...
200,000 lives lost: Savage drought struck Syria nearly 1 decade ago due to climate change
HAIYA: Climate change probably caused the savage drought that struck Syria nearly a decade ago, writes Alex Kirby - and...
Excise seals 164 buildings in Rawalpindi over non-payment of property tax
RAWALPINDI: The Excise and Taxation Department has sealed 164 commercial and residential properties during the last two days over non-payment...
Thousands of dead fish washed up on shores of Derwent Estuary in southern Tasmania
AFRICA: Thousands of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Derwent Estuary in southern Tasmania. It is...
Finance Ministry awaits AGP advice on revival of lapsed amount of Rs. 7.7 billion for development projects
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry is waiting for response from the Attorney General of Pakistan on the issue of releasing development...
FBR confronts hurdles in proceeding against tax evaders
ISLAMABAD: The criminal involvement of senior officials of Large Taxpayers’ Unit (LTU) Lahore in tax evasion case has entangled the...
China lowers growth target to 7% on ‘formidable’ difficulties
BEIJING: China lowered its current year economic growth target to seven percent on formidable difficulties. The figure announced by Premier,...
Rs150,000 worth a turtle: Customs seizes 4,342 dried body parts of turtles at Karachi port
KARACHI: Customs authorities have foiled a bid to smuggle dead turtles and seized over 4,000 dried body parts of Indian...
Pakistan Railways inducts 15 new Chinese locomotives into its fleet
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways has inducted 15 new locomotives into its fleet, taking the number of functional locomotives to 268. These locomotives have...
Excise DG Ahmad Aziz Tarar urges officers to achieve 80pc target by March 31
LAHORE: Director General Excise and Taxation Punjab Ahmad Aziz Tarar has urged officers to concentrate on recoveries in order to...
Lahore: ANF seizes 14kg charas from two suspects coming from Peshawar
LAHORE: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) claimed to have seized 14kg pure charas from two passengers at Thokar Niaz Baig and arrested the...
FBR briefs Chinese delegation on taxation system in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) briefed the Chinese delegation on the taxation system of Pakistan. The delegation showed...
Plan to set up anti-narcotics police stations in Punjab in doldrums
LAHORE: The government's decision to set up special anti-narcotics police stations in all divisions of Punjab is still far from realisation,...
Christians again protest against Excise Dept for issuing alcohol permits
LAHORE: The Christian community, under the banner of Maseha Millat Party, has taken out another rally at the Lahore Press...
Excise Gujranwala collects Rs 1.15 billion in 8 months
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department Gujranwala has collected Rs 1.15 billion tax in the first eight months of the fiscal...
Lahore: Excise staff confiscates documents of 380 token tax defaulter vehicles
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department is taking strict action against token tax defaulters, and in this connection, the teams of...
Pakistan exports to India via Wagha Border stand at Rs 839m during Feb
LAHORE: Pakistan has exported items worth Rs 839 million to India during February 2015 via Wagha Border Lahore. As per...
Multan: Excise impounds 49 vehicles over non-payment of token tax
MULTAN: The Excise and Taxation Department Multan has impounded 49 vehicles due to non-registration and non-payment of token tax during...
FBR Chairman Bajwa vows to eliminate corruption from Pakistan Customs
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa and Customs Member Nisar Muhammad Ali Khan on Friday visited the...
Customs Adjudication-I issues show-cause notices to 8 wheat importers for tax evasion of Rs 230m
KARACHI: The Collectorate of Customs Adjudication-I has served show-cause notice (SCN) to eight wheat importers, who were allegedly involved in...
