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Gwadar as future of Pakistani economy
Gwadar is an ambitious venture and future of the Pakistan’s economy with geographical location important than Dubai and Singapore. Addressing...
FBR to provide houses to grade-21 and grade-22 officers
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made a new allotment policy to allot houses to the officers. The...
Excise to set up facilitation centers in all regional offices of Punjab: Ali Tahir
LAHORE: Excise and Taxation Department is establishing facilitation centers for citizens in all Excise offices of Punjab. According to Additional...
Denmark’s Maersk Line in talks with Asian shipbuilders for $1.5 billion deal
COPENHAGEN: The world’s biggest container-shipping company in terms of capacity which is Denmark’s Maersk Lines is said to be in...
Profit margin of six big British energy groups to increase to 9pc this year
LONDON: Profit margins of big six British energy groups are expected to rise to 9 percent this year after wholesale...
Tax returns could be filed using CNIC number from next Fiscal Year: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Ishaq Dar said in a news conference in Islamabad on Saturday that National...
DG Inland Revenue assures to cut illicit trade of cigarettes
ISLAMABAD: Director General Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue FBR Haroon Khan Tareen has assured the documented tobacco sector that the...
PCJCCI starts process for Pak-China JVs in higher edu
LAHORE: The Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) has initiated a process to develop joint ventures between Pakistan...
Pak loses Rs26bn/ year in illegal tobacco trade
LAHORE: Pakistan loses almost Rs. 26 billion per year due to illegal tobacco trade, Philip Morris Pakistan Limited (PMPKL) stated...
Global coal price to fall further
ISLAMABAD: The coal prices, already down 52 percent since 2011, are forecast to keep falling. The rout shows that exporters’...
Arif Habib declares Rs2.9b profit after tax
LAHORE: Arif Habib Corporation Limited (AHCL)’s Board of Directors Saturday announced a profit after tax of Rs. 2,901.86 million for...
Rs7.99 slash in petrol price: Panic buying of petrol starts
ISLAMABAD: Motorists and motorcyclists thronged local filling stations to fuel up. This panic buying of petrol was triggered by the...
ICCI calls for withdrawing surcharges on power tariffs
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has strongly opposed the government move to include various surcharges in power...
Dar announces 5% hike in GST on POL products
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar imposed a five percent increase in the General Sales Tax (GST)...
FBR to continue anti dumping duty on secondary quality tinplate
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed the Collectors of Customs to continue collecting definitive anti-dumping duty on...
Two employees held at Lahore Airport on stealing alcohol from Customs Office
LAHORE: Civil Aviation Authority held two persons who were involved in stealing of alcohol from Customs Airport Office during checking...
Effective rate of Sales Tax on 60 major sectors stands at 4pc: FBR
ISLAMABAD: The effective rate of sales tax is 4 percent on 60 major sectors during 2014-15 against the existing standard...
FBR’s revenue collection improves by 13pc after seven months
ISLAMABAD: The provisional revenue collection of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was Rs 1,336 billion during July-January (2014-15) against...
Ahmad Ali Malik to be new Secretary Board of Revenue Punjab
LAHORE: Ahmad Ali Malik has been appointed as Secretary Board of Revenue Punjab. Government has issued a notification of his...
Third-generation Cadillac CTS hoped to top Mercedes-Benz, BMW 5-series, second against Audi A6
NEW YORK: A 640-hp Nürburgring-eating CTS-V isn’t a natural descendant of the house of Cadillac. The king of cush and...
