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Pakistan to borrow $625m from consortium of banks to halt rupee slide
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will borrow $625 million from a consortium of seven local and foreign banks to boost reserves and stem...
LCCI election 2013-14: Traders beat up man for casting bogus votes
LAHORE: Traders and industrialists on Tuesday beat up a person for casting bogus votes in the annual election of Lahore...
FTO to hold workshop on challenges of Ombudsmanship
LAHORE: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Abdur Rauf Chaudhry will conduct a two-day workshop on challenges of Ombudsmanship on Wednesday (September...
Transparency Int’l urges FBR to verify tax returns of VIPs
ISLAMABAD: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has urged Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to check the source of income of as...
Paapam flays FBR for stuck up sales tax adjustments
LAHORE: Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts Accessories Manufacturers' (Paapam) Chairman Munir K Bana has said that billions of rupees of...
FBR to transfer BS 16-19 officers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued orders to the field formations to transfer all tax officers from BS...
Food exports increased 10pc in July, August
LAHORE: Food exports from the country during first two months of current financial year swelled up by 10.17 per cent...
Textile exports up 7.24pc in two months
LAHORE: The textile exports from the country increased by 7.24 per cent during the first two months of current fiscal...
KCCI wants more Chinese investments in uplift projects
KARACHI: Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Haroon Agar has said that Pakistan and China can do...
MCC Lahore seizes illegal goods worth Rs9.7m
LAHORE: Anti-smuggling unit of Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Lahore has confiscated illegal goods worth Rs9.7 million. As per details, anti smuggling...
MCC-East to hold auctions of impounded commodities on Sept 25-26
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs has decided to hold auctions of the impounded vehicles and other commodities including shed lights, fire brakes,...
PIAF-Founders Alliance wins all 8 seats of Corporate Class
LAHORE: PIAF-Founders Alliance made clean sweep by winning all the 8 seats of LCCI Corporate Class for year 2013-14. Total...
Iftikhar Shaikh, Faisal Mushtaq elected as KCAA President & Gen Secy
KARACHI: The Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) has elected its office-bearers for the year 2013-14. The annual elections of KCAA...
FIR against customs official registered on FBR directives
KARACHI: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I), Karachi on the directive of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has...
Pakistan beats India in direct tax collection
ISLAMABAD: A comparison of direct tax collection of Pakistan and India shows that the FBR observed a growth of 44.1pc...
FBR Chairman reviews performance: Lahore collected Rs1.49b till Sept 15
LAHORE: FBR Chairman Tariq Bajwa held a high level strategic planning meeting with key Customs officials to review performance of...
FBR to appoint law expert
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is going to hire a fiscal law consultant for direct interaction with National...
Huge quantity of non-duty paid cigarettes seized in Lahore
LAHORE: The FBR’s Directorate General (Intelligence and Investigation - Inland Revenue) has recovered a huge quantity of counterfeit and non-duty...
Alliance eyes all Corporate Class seats
LAHORE: Businessmen from as many as ten industrial areas and leading Industrial groups and sector-specific Associations in and around Lahore...
Russian delegation calls on Finance Minister
ISLAMABAD: A Russian delegation representing Department of Overseas Advanced Projects led by Igor A. Tertshnyy called on Finance Minister Senator Mohammad...
