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Customs court recommences after holidays
LAHORE: Customs Court resumed hearings on Tuesday after court holidays from August 2-25. The court remained closed during the prolonged...
KSE 100-index down by 275 points
KARACHI: Karachi Stocks Exchange (KSE) 100-Index lost 275.75 points to reach 28243.59 due to prolonged political uncertainty in the federal...
Customs Court remands 3 accused in smuggling case
LAHORE: Pakistan Customs Judge Tanveer Akbar has remanded three accused for three days in a smuggling case. According to sources,...
Up country dry ports vital for interregional trade: Ishaq
SIALKOT: All Pakistan Dry Ports Association Chairman Muhammad Ishaq Butt said that the role of up country dry ports will...
Youths: From assets to liability
Pakistan is blessed with intelligent brains and myriad of hardworking workforce, but how much is its utility in this land...
Wildlife trafficking: Customs tribunal slashes fine on accused
KARACHI: The Customs appellate tribunal reduced 75 percent of the fine imposed on five wildlife smugglers charged with illegally sending...
Increase in revenue linked to broadening tax base
KARACHI: The government wants to generate more revenue, but it avoids widening tax base that is said to barely cover...
Large-scale manufacturing recorded 3.9pc growth in FY14
ISLAMABAD: The output by the large-scale manufacturing (LSM) witnessed a positive growth as it grew by 3.95 percent in the...
Midday: KSE loses 112 points
KARACHI: Karachi Stocks Exchange (KSE) 100-Index lost 112 points till noon due to political uncertainty prevailed in the country. KSE 100-index...
Retrieving $200b: FBR team leaves for Switzerland without Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: Two-member delegation of FBR has left for Switzerland to hold initial talks with respect to double taxation agreement. FBR...
M/s Cosmos tax evasion: Customs court grants bail to clearing agent
KARACHI: The Customs court on Monday granted bail to the importer-cum-clearing agent Abdullah of M/s Cosmos Enterprises, who was allegedly...
Review petition on value of shoe-polish by M/s Osaka Electrical allowed
KARACHI: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation through Order in Revision No.64/2014 has allowed the review petition filed by M/s...
FBR to expand investigation into Q-Mobile tax evasion case: Shahid Asad
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to expand its investigations into Rs 770 million tax evasion case...
KP shrugs off PTI chief’s civil disobedience call
PESHAWAR: The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are giving a deaf ear to PTI chief Imran Khan’s call for civil...
Dar Okays Rs 400m for evacuation of Pakistanis from Libya
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has said that the government is duty-bound to evacuate stranded Pakistanis from Libya. Chairing...
Dastgir says Imran, Qadri sit-ins cost economy Rs 800b
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir has said that the economy of Pakistan has suffered Rs 800 billion losses...
FBR Chairman, Member Customs review revenue operations
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa and Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Ali Khan visited Karachi Customs...
Moscow lifts ban on Serbian dairy products
MOSCOW: Russian Customs has lifted ban on dairy imports from Serbia on the guarantees of the Serbian veterinary service and...
Traders start preferring Karachi port over Islamabad Dry Port due to sit-ins
ISLAMABAD: The importers and exporters from Islamabad have started importing and clearing their consignments from Karachi port instead of Islamabad...
Dollar reaches Rs103.30 as rupee continues to nosedive
KARACHI: The US dollar gained 63 paisa in the inter-bank currency exchange on Monday, reaching Rs 103.30 mark as uncertainty...
