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Pakistan’s GDP size expands to $346.76b in FY21 showing growth of 5.37pc
ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) approved the revised figures of Pakistan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 5.37%...
MCCI announces key findings of its latest Intellectual Property Rights survey
MULTAN: The Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCII) has announced key findings of its latest Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)...
SBP digitizes refinance process of Export Finance Scheme to facilitate banks & exporters
KARACHI: In a major step towards ease of doing business, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has digitized the process of...
Business community calls for deferring implementation of POS system
LAHORE: The business community has called upon the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to defer the implementation of point of...
Gold imports up by 128pc to $10m in 1HFY22
ISLAMABAD: The gold imports increased by 128.27 percent during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared to...
SHC bars customs officials from encashment of bank guarantee on petition filed by M/s Dada Dairies
KARACHI: A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC), headed by Justice Irfan Sadat Khan restrained customs officials from...
New taxes in Mmni-budget to increase people’s miseries & cause the economy to shrink and stagnate: RCCI
RAWALPINDI: A meeting of the Standing Committee on Tax Affairs was held at the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
Debt, credit card machines mandatory for POS retailors: FBR
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to tighten its grip on the retailers and warned that those...
Moody’s assigns ‘B3’ rating to sukuk bonds
ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Investor Service has given a “B3 backed senior unsecured rating” to Pakistan’s suggested sale of Sukuk trust certificates....
SHC allows petition filed by M/s Gul Ahmed & others over Stamp Duty disputed issues
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) allowed constitutional petitions with directions that “it being declared that EPOs generated prior to...
Vietnamese Envoy for expediting PTA, raising awareness about trade, investment opportunities
KARACHI: The Ambassador of Vietnam Nguyen Tien Phong has underscored the need to expedite work on Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA)...
Imam for making easy credit facility for growers
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam stressed the need for ensuring easy access to credit...
NKATI appeals Razak Dawood to continue DLTL for saving business, domestic exports
KARACHI: Faisal Moiz Khan, President North Karachi Association of trade & industry (NKATI), while expressing deep concern over the lack...
PRA extends payment date of sales tax up to January 24
MULTAN: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has extended payment date of sales tax up to 24th January 2022. According to...
Pakistan thanks Qatar for timely LNG supplies despite shortage globally
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan thanked Qatar for ensuring timely supplies of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to it despite the commodity’s shortage...
M/s Pakistan Agency Karachi moves SHC for restoration of license
KARACHI: A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC), headed by Justice Irfan Sadat Khan sought explanation from customs...
Roshan Digital Account inflows rise to $3.16b in December
KARACHI: The inflows under Roshan Digital Account rose to $3.16 billion by the end of December 2021 compared to $2.916...
SAPM Aon Abbas asks FBR to provide facilitation for startups, e-Commerce
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on E-Commerce, Senator Aon Abbas Buppi asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...
Court directs customs officials to return Czech model Tereza Hluskova’s passport
LAHORE: A sessions court directed customs officials to return Czech model Tereza Hluskova’s passport and other belongings. The court ruled...
IMF Board to consider Pakistan’s case on January 28
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board is scheduled to meet on January 28, to consider Pakistan’s sixth review under...
