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China renovates rules on foreign investment
BEIJING: China Ministry of commerce and National Development and Reform Commission issued guidance for foreign investment, relaxing many restrictions on overseas...
Census of world’s marine species uncovers 1000 new fish species since 2008
NEW YORK: The discovery of about 1,000 new fish species since 2008 has been reported by a census of the...
Humans contain ‘alien’ genes not passed on from our ancestors
NEW YORK: Humans contain 'alien' genes not passed on from our ancestors, researchers have discovered. The say we acquired essential...
China’s Lunar Rover geological history much more complex than previously thought
BEIJING: A preliminary result from China’s first lunar rover, Yutu, has suggested that the moon's geological history is much more...
Europa harbours even more water than all of Earth’s oceans
LANGA: Floating in space about 390 million miles from Earth is a small moon of Jupiter named Europa. The most...
KSE thwarts profit-taking, foreign selling impact as 100 index up by 229.67 points to 32812.35
KARACHI: Snapping prolonged losing streak at the Karachi Stock Exchange, the benchmark KSE-100 Index advanced by 229.67 points or 0.70...
Bajwa to meet United Goods Transportation Alliance on 20th
ISLAMABAD: The United Goods Transportation Alliance will meet Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa on March 20 to...
FBR team dissatisfied over poor construction of Tax Facilitation Centre building in Daska
ISLAMABAD: A four-member monitoring and evaluation technical team of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR has expressed dissatisfaction over the...
Multan: Customs Intelligence impounds container with alleged smuggled goods
MULTAN: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan have detained a container on suspicion of carrying smuggled goods. The Customs Intelligence...
Banned antibiotics case suspect moves SHC for protective bail
KARACHI: A suspect, who was arrested on the charges of importing banned antibiotics, has moved to the Sindh High Court...
ASO seizes smuggled diesel worth Rs 3.9 million in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) of Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad has seized 30,000 litres of smuggled diesel worth Rs 3.9...
National Testing Service to conduct written test for recruitment of FBR staff
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided that the recruitment tests for customs and Inland Revenue (IR) vacancies will...
Customs Central Region collects Rs 77 billion during July-Feb
LAHORE: The Pakistan Customs’ Central Region has collected Rs 77 billion as customs duty (CD) during eight months of the...
Excise collects Rs 406.28 million as professional tax in 8 months
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department has collected Rs 406.28 million as professional tax during July-February of the current...
Excise seizes documents of more than 160 vehicles in Lahore
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department has seized documents of more than 160 vehicles in the general holdup in...
Collector Nazim Saleem orders compilation of anti-smuggling data
KARACHI: The Federal Board Revenue (FBR) has asked the Model Customs Collectorate Enforcement-South authorities to send last year’s data on...
Principal Appraiser Shafiullah urges early disposal of tax evasion cases
KARACHI: A meeting to observe the development into the tax evasion cases of mis-declaration and under-invoicing was held at MCC-Appraisement-East...
Excise issues final notices to token tax defaulters in Gujranwala
SIALKOT: The Excise and Taxation Punjab has issued final recovery notices to government departments and private organisations to pay the...
Govt asked to do away with SRO for economic growth
LAHORE: SRO culture and discretionary powers of government functionaries are the biggest threat to the economic well-being of the country...
Microsoft Cortana a standalone app, available in Google Play & Apple App Store for iOS, Android
WASHINGTON: Microsoft has decided to bring Cortana to iOS and Android devices sometime after the technology arrives on desktop PCs...
