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German customs official detain Vietnamese diplomat
FRANKFURT: German customs officials detained a senior Vietnamese diplomat in Frankfurt City with nearly €20,000 in undeclared cash, exceeding the...
21.5pc growth in WHT collection registered
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has witnessed 21.5 per cent increase in withholding tax collection from salaried class during the...
Yasmin Saud assumes charge as Member HRM at FBR headquarters
ISLAMABAD: Ms. Yasmin Saud, officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the upgraded post of Member (HRM)...
Amir Marwat assumes charge as DG Post Clearance Audit
KARACHI: Amir Muhammad Khan Marwat, officer of Pakistan Customs Service, has assumed the charge of the upgraded post of Director...
Auction of confiscated items starts at Gaddani Customs House
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Gwadar on Monday (today) is going to hold auction of various confiscated items at...
Textile exports increases by 6.02pc in 5 months
LAHORE: The textile exports from the country increased by 6.02 percent during the first five months of current fiscal year...
Member Customs discusses NATO containers stealing case with high officials
KARACHI: Member Customs Nisar Muhammad Ali Khan visited Customs House Karachi and held several meetings with the high officials of...
NBP branch in EPZA should collect customs duty: KCAA GS
KARACHI: General Secretary of the Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) Faisal Mushtaq has demanded of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...
FBR planning to broaden tax base
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has envisaged a wide-ranging plan to expand the tax base, improve resource enlistment and...
Fiscal adjustments remain key problem for five years: report
ISLAMABAD: The effective sales tax rate is very low because of exemptions, and huge input adjustments. This has been specifically...
IMF shows satisfaction over govt’s performance so far
ISLAMABAD: With releasing the second tranche of $553.3 million, International Monetary Fund has expressed satisfaction over the Pakistani authorities’ performance...
SRO issued, WHT on laden weight reduced to Rs 2
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has reduced the rate of withholding tax of the laden weight for the period from...
Tax amnesty scheme for new investors announced
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has notified a tax incentive package for new investors under which the source of investment...
Missing containers: Accused granted interim bail
Karachi: A division bench of Sindh High Court headed by Justice Ghulam Sarwar Korai has awarded pre-arrest bail for Syed Tariq...
MCC Port Qasim puts in place proper mechanism to check under-invoicing, mis-declaration
KARACHI: The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is making all-out efforts to achieve the revenue target...
Solid economic policies to ward off prevailing crises: Governor Punjab Ch Sarwar
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar said that he used his influence and experience in the European Parliament to campaign...
Shipping activity at Karachi Port
KARACHI: The Karachi Port witnessed brisk activity on Friday and handled 119,095 tonnes of cargo including 3,082 loaded and empty...
Chinese pleads guilty in major rhino horn smuggling case
NEWARK: A Chinese national has admitted running an international smuggling ring that specialized in rhino horns. Zhifei Li made the...
China to provide new customs inspection system to Armenia
YEREVAN: China signed a memorandum with Armenia to provide the former Soviet republic with a mobile inspection system to help...
Delays in medicines customs clearance put lives at risk
RIYADH: The Ministry of Health has urged officials at the Ministry of Finance to clear much needed heart and allergy...
