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US pledges further $30m in aid to flood-hit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United States will give Pakistan a further $30 million in aid to help millions of people whose lives...
FBR seizes non-custom paid cigarettes from godown located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) seized 42 cartons of non-custom paid cigarettes in Karachi. The FBR team raided...
Supercop Javed Akbar Riaz takes charge as Karachi DG NAB
KARACHI: Javed Akbar Riaz has assumed office as Director General of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Karachi. The federal government...
Pharmaceutical companies resume production
ISLAMABAD: Pharmaceutical companies agreed to reduce the price of a 500mg fever tablet to Rs2.35. The development came after Finance...
ADB credits $1.5b to SBP’s account, says Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced Asian Development Bank (ADB) had released $1.5 billion to Pakistan to help boost social...
Punjab’s Finance Ministry directs for determining property tax exemption based on property value
LAHORE: The Finance Ministry of Punjab has given instructions to the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) and Excise Taxation and Narcotics...
Japanese company donates JPY 2.3 million for Pakistan flood affectees
TOKYO: Chairman Atom Co. Ltd, Hokkaido Prefecture, Mr Masato Kimura on Wednesday visited Pakistan Embassy along with a delegation to...
Senate body for exploring new avenues of transit trade with landlocked countries
KARACHI: The Senate Standing Committee on Maritime Affairs directed Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to further improve its trade facilitation policy...
HBL, Arif Habib Ltd sign MoU with Ghani Ceramics Ltd
LAHORE: HBL and Arif Habib Limited have formed a consortium for providing advisory services in respect of the Initial Public...
Ilya Kanapliou for increasing bilateral trade between Belarus, Pakistan
FAISALABAD: Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Pakistan, Mr. Ilya Kanapliou on Tuesday said that...
Date for encashment of prize bonds extended
KARACHI: In a bid to facilitate investors, the federal government has extended the last date for the encashment/conversion/redemption of National...
SBP sets deadline to exchange old-design banknotes
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Tuesday announced that December 31, 2022, will be the last date for exchanging...
CDWP clears KCR project worth Rs292.389b
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) cleared Karachi Circular Railway Project (KCR) worth Rs 292.389 billion during its meeting...
Hyderabad Customs to auction 17 non-duty paid vehicles on Oct 27
HYDERABAD: Collectorate of Customs, Hyderabad has announced auction of non-duty paid (NDP) vehicles to be held on October 27, 2022...
Pakistan to discuss $3bn deposits rollover with KSA
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during his visit to Saudi Arabia, will discuss with the kingdom's authorities the rollover of...
Rawalpindi RTO seizes non-duty paid cigarettes
RAWALPINDI: The Inland Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN) Squad of Regional Tax Office (RTO), visited a godown in Jhelum and seized...
ICCI assures support to PSH for economic empowerment of orphans
ISLAMABAD: Zummarad Khan, Patron-in-Chief, Pakistan Sweet Homes (PSH) said that his institution was working to provide better education to orphan...
ADB’s $1.5b BRACE Program to go a long way to help flood victims: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Asian Development Bank’s “Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditure” (BRACE) Program would...
FBR crosses Rs2 trillion tax collection figure
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has achieved yet another milestone by crossing revenue collection figure of Rs 2...
Customs I&I confiscates historical Rs856m smuggled good items
LAHORE: The Directorate of Customs Investigation and Intelligence disclosed that smuggled goods over Rs856 million have been recovered of which cosmetics...
