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$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...
Nasir Masroor directs collectorates to keep record of authorised clearing agents
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement (South) Chief Collector Nasir Masroor Ahmed has directed all field formation Collectorates i.e. MCC-Appraisement-West, MCC-Appraisement-East)...
Hyderabad: ASO seizes 18,000 liters smuggled diesel worth Rs 4.4 million
HYDERABAD: Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad Anti-Smuggling Organisation has seized smuggled 18,000 liters high speed diesel, concealed in an LPG tanker....
Customs Appraisement-West AIB recovers Rs 45 million during three months of 2015
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Appraisement-West Appraising Intelligence Branch (AIB) has made recovery of Rs 45 million in first...
Lahore: RTO constitutes departmental promotion, selection committees
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Regional Tax Office (RTO) Lahore has reconstituted two departmental promotion and selection committees each...
Karachi: DG Post Clearance Audit meets director Reforms, Automation
KARACHI: The Directorate General of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) Director General Junaid Akram held a meeting with the Director-Reforms and...
Customs Adjudication imposes 20pc redemption fine on smuggled silicon steel sheets
LAHORE: The Customs Adjudication has imposed a 20 percent redemption fine on smuggled silicon steel sheets in coils weighing 16,200kg,...
Lahore: Excise asks PCB to pay property tax of Rs 347.55 million
LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has issued a notice to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to pay the...
Inland Revenue Lahore seizes record of a sanitary store, involved in tax evasion
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Inland Revenue (IR) team has seized the record of Mahmood Sons Sanitary Store, alleged...
APTTCA DG Khawar Farid Maneka to attend meeting to discuss Afghan Transit Trade
KARACHI: Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Coordination Authority (APTTCA) Director General Khawar Farid Maneka left for Islamabad to attend a meeting...
Prime suspect in import of banned antibiotic gets bail from customs court
KARACHI: The customs court has granted the bail plea of Muhammad Ali Chandna, a prime suspect in import of banned...
