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Bourses lose 24pt, 0.08% to fall to 31665pts
KARACHI: Bourses plunged into red zone and lost 24.43 points or 0.08 percent to down to 31665.67 points in early...
Chinese FRI rises 22.2% YoY to touch $10.36 billion
BEIJING: Foreign investment into China accelerated in November, government data showed Tuesday, despite a worsening slowdown in the world's second-largest...
Vietnam to sign free trade deal with Russian Customs Union: PM Nguyen
HANOI: Vietnam and the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) will sign a free trade zone agreement. The agreement will...
Ruble loses 9.7% to 64.4455/dollar: Russia central bank raises interest rate to 17%, highest since 1998
MOSCOW: Russia made another big attempt on Tuesday to save the ruble and defuse the currency crisis threatening its fragile...
FBR to launch awareness campaign as only 850,000 file tax returns
ISLAMABAD: The low number of income tax returns has forced the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to launch a campaign...
Central Region collects Rs 3,286m customs duty in 5 months
LAHORE: The Customs Central Region has collected a customs duty (CD) of Rs 3,286 million in first five months of...
Exports decrease due to energy crisis, political impasse
KARACHI: The government's efforts to enhance exports have failed due to energy crisis and current political impasse. Despite GSP Plus...
Port Qasim handles 97,405 tonnes of cargo in 24 hours
KARACHI: In the last 24 hours, 97,405 tonnes of goods were loaded and unloaded at the Karachi port. As many...
Pakistan imports Rs 2.88 billion goods from India in 15 days
LAHORE: Pakistan has imported items worth Rs 2.88 billion during 28 November-12 December of current fiscal year from India via Wahga...
Attendance in excise offices remains low
LAHORE: Attendance in Excise and Taxation offices remained thin on Monday due to PTI lockdown. On Monday, traffic remained thin...
Federal courts remain open on Monday
LAHORE: The federal courts remained open on Monday in the city. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced shutter-down strike against the...
Pakistan exports Rs 573m goods to India in 15 days
LAHORE: Pakistan has exported items worth Rs 573 million to India during 28 November to 12 December to India via Wahga...
Customs House, FBR’s RTOs, dry ports say ‘big no’ to PTI strike
LAHORE: The Customs House, FBR regional offices and dry ports remained open on Monday amid the protest rallies of Pakistan...
Sialkot Export Processing Zone lucrative only for 8 exporters in 14 years
SIALKOT: The Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Sialkot had been lying non-functional for the last 14 consecutive years as the EPZ...
FBR collects Rs 10 billion more than previous year
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs 10 billion more than the previous year. “FBR has decided...
FBR to take action against 40 fake companies
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has traced 40 fake companies that got millions of rupees under the head...
Rebate claims :Collector Customs Quban assures surgical instruments manufactures of early clearance
SIALKOT: Sialkot Collector Customs Qurban Ali Khan has assured the Sialkot- based surgical instruments manufactures and exporters about the early...
FBR’s Gujranwala RTO collects Rs4.47b against Rs4.22b target in 5 months
SIALKOT: The Regional Tax Directorate Gujranwala has achieved its recovery target and collected as many as Rs 4.47 billion taxes...
Gul Rehman to replace Pervez Esbhani as Post Clearance Audit Director
KARACHI: Gul Rehman will replace Pervez Esbhani as Director, (OPS) Directorate Post Clearance Audit (PCA), Karachi. Gul Rehman, a BS-19...
Rupee remains firm against dollar at 100.4 in interbank
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee remained stable against US dollar in interbank and gained further value in open market on Monday,...
