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GCC sets deadline for customs union implementation
KUWAIT: Gulf States have agreed to resolve the hurdles that are obstructing the implementation of a customs union that has...
Govt mulls steps: Dar tells NA $200b of Pakistan in Swiss banks
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar staggered the National Assembly while revealing that at least $200 billion of ‘Pakistani money’ was...
Import of solar equipment: Procedural hiccups hurdle tax exemption
ISLAMABAD: Amendments to the procedure put in place for availing tax exemption on import of renewable energy equipment, around 80...
GST on security service: APSAA demands withdrawal of levy
KARACHI: All-Pakistan Security Agencies Association (APSAA) Chairman Col (r) Tauqeerul Islam and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Senior...
Protecting taxpayers: Experts wants FED structure for cigarettes unchanged
ISLAMABAD: Experts has suggested to the government not to change the federal excise duty (FED) structure on cigarettes under Federal...
Bringing foreign assets: LHC issues notices to Sharifs, Zardari, others
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court issued notices to the federal government and at least 64 politicians for May 29 in...
SECP proposes levy on foreign educational institutes, insurance agents
ISLAMABAD: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has forwarded its proposals to Federal Board of Revenue for the upcoming...
76 illegal petrol pumps, depots demolished in 2 days of crackdown
KARACHI: 76 illegal petrol pumps and depots in six districts of Karachi have been demolished in two days crackdown operation...
ANF Lahore seizes charas, opium, arrests 4
LAHORE: Anti-Narcotics Force has arrested four drug trafickers while seizing opium and charas worth millions of rupees. ANF Lahore arrested...
Customs seizes heroin destined for UK
RAWALPINDI: Officials of Pakistan Customs at Benazir Bhutto International Airport have recovered a huge quantity of heroin powder from a...
Police implicate innocent women in fake smuggling case
LAHORE: Punjab Police knowingly arrested four innocent women and handed over the ladies to anti-smuggling authorities calling them smugglers of...
Promotion of ministerial staff in doldrums; DPC needs more details
KARACHI: The promotions of Pakistan Customs officials, below Grade-15 are in doldrums, as the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) has not...
Customs Intelligence seizes smuggled goods worth Rs30m
LAHORE: Customs Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation Lahore has confiscated Rs 30 million non-duty paid goods and articles at a...
April 2014: MCC Port Qasim collects Rs20.2b, shortfall remains Rs10.4b
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate of Port Muhammad Bin Qasim has collected an amount of Rs 20, 255.49 million in the...
Director Customs Intelligence vows to provide relief to genuine importers
KARACHI: Responding to Karachi Chamber’s demands, Asif Marghoob Siddiqui, Director Intelligence & Investigation Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) announced...
50 illegal petrol pumps demolished during crackdown by IATF
KARACHI: The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) including the officers of Pakistan Customs (MCC-Preventive), Commissioner House, Pakistan Rangers and Sindh police...
FBR holds taxpayers facilitation workshop in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Facilitation and Taxpayer Education Wing of FBR held a workshop on e-portal services and role & responsibilities of withholding...
Customs officials seize plastic goods worth Rs20m
LAHORE: Customs anti-smuggling unit has impounded smuggled Iranian made shopping bags and plastic dana worth at least Rs 20 million...
Phase I of Gwadar port development completed
ISLAMABAD: During the National Assembly session, Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michael has informed the house that a high...
Broadening tax net: FBR wants reversion to old circle base system
ISLAMABAD: The FBR has been contemplating reverting to the circle system immediately as the board expects that the restoration of...
