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Valuation ruling of melamine powder issued
KARACHI: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation has determined the customs values of melamine powder (99.8%) from all origins vide...
‘Curb corruption by spending chunk of revenue on staff’
LAHORE: Corruption can be eliminated in the Customs Department by spending a chunk of collected revenue for the welfare of...
Rift between dry port and customs intelligence officials settled
ISLAMABAD: Differences between officials of Customs Intelligence and dry port regarding lab tests of imported fabric have been settled. The...
FBR urges tax registration cells to achieve target
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue has ordered the tax collection and registration cells to collect taxes from retailers. A...
Hyderabad, Gwadar collectorates seize 84,500 liters of diesel in 28 days
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Hyderabad and MCC-Gwadar have seized around 84,500 litres of smuggled Iranian diesel at various...
Idrees hails govt for exempting industry from power load shedding
FPCCI presidential contender says Pakistan needs to change image of import-based country to export-oriented country KARACHI: Mian Idrees, contender...
Internal Audit Customs initiates inquiry into gold smuggling case
KARACHI: The Internal Audit (Customs) has also started investigation into the smuggling case of gold worth millions of rupees on...
Ire over SRO 608 brewing: RCCI gear up for countrywide strike
ISLAMABAD: What is being described as government’s failure, the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce &Industry (RCCI) will approach all Pakistan chambers'...
Rupee strengthens against US dollar, gains 20 paisa to reach 101.50
KARACHI: Pakistani rupee Wednesday further strengthened against US dollar in interbank, however it remained unchanged in open market. As per...
Midday: KSE tumbles a little, still manages 11pts
KARACHI: In its journey to scaling new heights of its history, the buoyant Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-index tumbled a...
Opening: After scaling 32,000pts, KSE continues to rally with 200 more points
KARACHI: After scaling new heights of 32,000-point for the first time in its history, buoyant Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-index...
In a meeting with Dar, USAID hints at bring $43m investment in energy sector
ISLAMABAD: The USAID attaches great importance to the development of Pakistan and that it will be bringing in investment to...
Committee dragging feet: Govt in a fix over exempting textiles from gas outages
ISLAMABAD: The committee formed under the chair of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to determined a mechanism for gas supply to...
KSE-100 achieves another milestone, crosses historic 32,000pts barrier
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100-index managed to cross 32,000 points barrier and gained a substantial 303.61 points to...
NLC Dry Port: Appraisers’ low attendance worries importers, exporters, clearing agents
LAHORE: Importers, exporters and customs clearing agents have been facing hard time as appraisers often remain absent from their duties...
FBR speeds up sales tax refund process to facilitate exporters
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has enhanced efforts of making early payment of sales tax refund to facilitate the...
FBR’s RTO Lahore re-constitutes departmental promotion bodies
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue Regional Tax Office (RTO) Lahore has re-constituted two committees vis-à-vis the promotion and selection...
Don’t make us ashamed before Adjudication, Directorate to Preventive Inspectors
ISLAMABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate has taken notice of preparing weak cases by Preventive Inspectors and directed them that cases...
Free trade with S Korea: Commerce Ministry finalises TORs
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce is finalising terms of references (TORs) for carrying out study to explore possibilities of...
Excise police seize 3,000 liter raw alcohol at Punjab-Sindh border
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation police seized almost 3,000 liters raw alcohol at Punjab-Sindh border the other day, Customs Today learnt...
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