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LAHORE: The Broadening Tax Base Unit of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has written letters to the regional tax...

KARACHI: The Special Recovery Cell (SRC) of Model Customs Collectorate of Exports, in its continued recovery campaign in recent days,...

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) can generate more revenue by exploring new sources of tax collection such as...

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started action against corrupt officials in WAPDA and other government departments. According to...

MULTAN: Multan Excise and Taxation Department has identified 1,327 property tax defaulters in the different areas of Multan. The Excise...

BEIJING: China's December crude oil imports from Iran rose 19.1 percent from a year earlier to 2.57 million tonnes, or...

BEIJING: Corn imports in the whole year of 2014 fell 20.4 percent to 2.598 million tonnes, said the General Administration...

KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-index lost 120.38 points or 0.35 percent to reach 34026.59 points and volume of...

ISLAMABAD: The Government is considering enhancing powers of the Director General of Intelligence & Investigation Inland Revenue (IR) to analyze...

SINGAPORE: Singapore remained the world's top bunkering port in 2014, despite a slight dip in bunker sales volumes. The country...

BEIJING: China customs arrested nine staff members at Zespri Chinese in relation to import prohibited fruit as well as an...

ISLAMABAD: The country's economy is moving on right track because of prudent economic policies of the government despite challenges on...

COLOMBO: The new Sri Lankan government is seriously considering the controversial US$900 million Colombo Port city project and could scrap...

TAIPEI: Taiwan police have arrested two Malaysians and a Taiwanese suspects in connection with a cross-border heroine-smuggling ring, the Criminal...

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s General Authority of Customs (GAC) has foiled an attempt to smuggle 17kg of marijuana into Qatar through the...

PERTH: Australia stocks closed higher, as increases in the Australian Real Estate Investment Trust, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors led...

BEIJING: China's oil imports up 19.1 percent from Iran last month. China, Iran's largest buyer, also recorded exporting 320,000 tonnes,...

TOKYO: Japanese stocks jumped, with the Topix index topped to its first weekly surge this year, after European Central Bank...

MOSCOW: Russia’s sea ports handled 623.4 million metric tons of cargo in 2014, up 5.7% from 2013, data from the...

BEIJING: The slowdown in China’s economy reflects a welcomed decision by the Chinese government to re-balance the world’s second-largest economy,...