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Bajwa reviews tax operations, meets British delegation
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Tariq Bajwa has instructed all field formation officers to gear up their efforts to...
FBR extends date for filing income tax returns
ISLAMABAD: The federal government extended the date for filing income tax returns following the failure to address technical glitches in...
Rs4.7m tax evasion: Bail of SM Food Makers confirmed
MULTAN: The Customs Special Judge confirmed bail of the owner of Saim Mobeen Food Makers Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali Anjum and...
Forex reserves stand at $13b
KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves of the country stand at $13.58106 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). According...
Sit-ins put billions of dollars foreign investment at stake
ISLAMABAD: The government fears that billions of dollars foreign investment will go down the drain due if sits-ins by the...
Customs, Drug Regulatory Authority lock horns over pharmaceutical material
KARACHI: The clearance of pharmaceutical raw material allegedly by the customs officials without getting prior permission from the Federal Drug...
Customs Preventive seizes smartphones at Karachi airport
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Preventive has seized 114 smartphones of latest models worth Rs 5 million from...
Hyderabad Customs seizes 15,000 litres Iranian oil
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Customs has seized 15,000 litres smuggled Iranian oil worth Rs 1.6 million near Hitri Police Station. On...
Dastgir hails Azad Kashmir traders for rejecting Imran’s call
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir has supported the business community in Azad Kashmir for rejecting the call of...
Hong Kong Customs implements trade agreement with South Korea
HONGKONG: The Hong Kong Customs has said that the Korea Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on the Authorised Economic Operators will...
FBR asks law ministry to fill vacant posts in customs appellate
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked the federal law ministry to fill all the vacant posts in...
Dollar gains vs rupee
LAHORE: The US dollar strengthened against rupee on Thursday reaching 102.125 against rupee in the inter-bank trading due to political...
SRO issued for new duty drawback rates on textile exports
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued SRO 754 of 2014, notifying new rates of duty drawback on...
Pakistani mangoes now in Japan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mangoes have finally made it to Japanese market as the king of fruits is now being sold for...
FBR to publish biweekly list of active taxpayers
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will publish a list of active taxpayers on a fortnightly basis to promote...
Graveyard of proposed dams
Pakistan has construction various dams to produce electricity and store irrigation water after the independence, but still there is a...
Commerce Ministry striving to enhance trade with Britain
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce is striving for increasing the volume of bilateral trade between Pakistan and Britain with active...
FIA seeks import details of 27 suspicious containers
KARACHI: The corporate crime cell of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is seeking import details of 27 suspicious containers. Through...
Customs central region not assigned revenue target
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has not yet assigned target for the customs central region even nearly two...
Lahore Tax Bar Association sets up desk to facilitate taxpayers
LAHORE: The Lahore Tax Bar Association (LTBA) has established a special desk to facilitate the taxpayers who have been issued...
