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Dubai Customs delegation visits China to promote trade
DUBAI: A delegation from Dubai Customs has started a five-day visit to China, with efforts to promote trade and share...
Mehmood Arshad appointed Chairman FPCCI body
KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry President Zubair Ahmed Malik has appointed Mehmood Arshad as Chairman of...
Businessmen Group clean-sweeps APPMA annual elections
LAHORE: Businessmen Group has made a clean sweep in the Annual General Elections of All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association. According...
Ambassador of European Union calls on Dar
ISLAMABAD: Mr. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Ambassador European Union called on Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar at his office. Mr. Lars-Gunnar...
Customs smashes supply chain of illicit cigarette syndicate
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs has smashed a supply chain of an illicit cigarette syndicate and seized about 38 000...
Canadian woman caught smuggling cocaine in ‘baby bump’
BOGOTA, Colombia: Drug trafficking is a lucrative business so people try all kinds of cunning techniques to smuggle illegal substances...
Businessmen asked to deposit 1pc sales tax
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is urging business community to collect one per cent sales tax imposed by the...
Pakistani immigrant sentenced in prescription drug smuggling operation in US
PHILADELPHIA, US: A 33-year-old Pakistani immigrant was sentenced in federal court to a year in prison and faces deportation for...
ECNEC okays 10 projects amounting to Rs51791.435m
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), held under the Chairmanship of Finance Minister...
FBR holds computer balloting of taxpayers for audits
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) held a random computer ballot of income tax, sales tax and federal excise returns...
Dar urges need for effective monitoring to check prices
ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) held its 18th meeting in Finance Division under the Chairmanship of Senator Ishaq...
Remittances up by 7pc
LAHORE: Overseas Pakistanis remitted $2637.27 million in first two months (July & August) of the current fiscal year. It shows...
SBP raises discount rate up to 9.5pc
LAHORE: State Bank of Pakistan has increased the discount rate by 50 basis points for two months. Addressing a press...
LCCI president concerned over Karachi unrest
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday expressed deep concern over prevailing violent situation in Karachi and...
‘SROs affecting Sialkot export industry’
SIALKOT: Chairmen of trade unions representing all five zero-rated export-oriented sectors and Sialkot Tax Bar Association have discussed the negative...
APTMA to hold road shows in European states, US
LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz has said that the association will hold international road shows...
No proof of weapon smuggling found; Commission submits report in SC
KARACHI: A commission, established by the Apex Court, has found no proof of arms smuggling from Karachi port. The Supreme...
Trade deficit reduces 11.45pc in August
LAHORE: Pakistan's trade deficit narrowed by 3.07 per cent during the first two months of the current fiscal year as...
FBR’s Member Admin holds the system together and keeps it going
ISLAMABAD: The key role of the Administration Wing of FBR is overall administration of the Board, its attached departments and...
FBR transfers/posts 18 officials of IRS & Customs Service
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred and posted 15 officials of Grade20-19 of Inland Revenue Service and 3...
