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Petroleum dealers threaten countrywide strike
KARACHI: The petroleum dealers have threatened to observe countrywide strike for demanding a hike in the commission from the government....
IMC signs agreement with Toyota Egypt to export auto parts
KARACHI: Pakistan's largest automaker, Indus Motor Company, has signed a deal with Toyota Egypt for the export of auto products...
Pakistan on IMF Executive Board agenda today as country awaits $3b deal’s future
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board will deliberate upon the $3 billion stand-by arrangement (SBA) reached with Pakistan...
ECNEC okays six projects including solarization of agriculture tube wells
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved six projects including “Prime Minister’s National Programme for Solarization...
Islamabad Customs seizes 200 iPhones worth Rs60m at NIIA
ISLAMABAD: Customs officials has seized 250 luxury mobile phones worth Rs60 million from Islamabad Airport. Sources told that customs team...
FBR assigns more powers to coast guards & PSMA to curb smuggling
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has given extraordinary powers to the Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) and Pakistan Maritime...
Ghanaian HC invites Pakistani industrialists to invest in Ghana
KARACHI: Ghana’s High Commissioner to Pakistan and Iran, Eric Owusu, invited Pakistani investors and industrialists to invest in Ghana for...
FBR officials asked to submit assets details by July 15
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has set a deadline of July 15, 2023, for all officers of the...
PICT clarifies end of operations, handover
KARACHI: Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) announced, in a notification to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), that its concession agreement...
Summary seeking privatisation of Roosevelt Hotel deferred
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) has deferred a summary seeking privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines-Investment Ltd (PIA-IL) Roosevelt...
Pakistan-IMF deal: Dar says Saudi Arabia has deposited $2b in SBP account
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Tuesday that Saudi Arabia deposited $2 billion in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...
FBR to hike valuation rates of properties from August 1
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to jack up valuation rates of properties in the range of...
Fitch upgrades Pakistan to ‘CCC’, Dar congratulates Nation
ISLAMABAD: The Fitch Ratings has upgraded Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘CCC, indicating a positive...
Privatization Commission allowed to proceed SIH transaction
ISLAMABAD: Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCoP) allowed Privatization Commission to proceed towards a successful conclusion of Services International Hotel (SIH)...
Govt approves policy to appoint 40 new trade officers abroad
LAHORE: The federal government has approved the policy to appoint 40 new trade officers abroad, whereas, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...
FBR transfers 9 valuation officers of BS-16 to different stations
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued notification for transfers and postings of following officers of Customs department with...
Northern regions have vast opportunities for tourism and business: President ICCI
ISLAMABAD: President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari has said that the northern regions of Pakistan are...
FBR reinstates two customs officers with salary cut as punishment
LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reinstated two Customs Inspectors from the Collectorate of Customs Appraisement, Faisalabad, who...
IRIS to automatically process & issue exemption certificates to non-residents applicants: Imran Ghazi
MULTAN: The Federal Board of Revenue’s electronic system (IRIS) will automatically process and issue exemption certificates to non-resident applicants to...
Hectic efforts underway to recover kidnapped Customs IO Yawar Abbas & Superintendent Tariq Mehmood
KARACHI: A search for two senior officials of the Pakistan Customs, including a superintendent of the Anti-Smuggling Organisation, has been...
