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FBR slashes income tax rate to 0.25pc for sugar, cement, and edible oils dealers
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has slashed the income tax rate for dealers and sub-dealers of sugar, cement,...
Multan Adjudication settles 68 seizure cases involving Rs241.696m
MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs Adjudication Multan Camp Office has finalized almost 68 various seizure cases involving Rs241.696 million during the...
FBR decides to share real-time data with federal, provincial departments
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to share real-time data, including videos and images, with other federal...
Agreement with IMF, a good development for Pakistan: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Tuesday said that the staff-level agreement reached between International...
Customs Court approves charge sheet against suspects in misusing green channel facility case
KARACHI: The Customs Court approved charge sheet against suspects namely Asif Rasheed Siddiqui and Syed Waseem Ahmed, who were nominated...
M/s Zaka approaches SHC against Valuation Ruling 1466/2021
KARACHI: A two-member bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the customs officials on a constitutional petition...
Govt simplifies tax regime for Roshan Digital Accounts: SBP
KARACHI: Based on feedback from the diaspora and SBP recommendations, the Federal Government has introduced several amendments in the Income...
PIA plans to expand network in Afghanistan, increase air cargo operations
KABUL: Aiming to increase cargo business to facilitate trade between the two countries, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is in...
Shipping activity at Port Qasim on Feb 17
KARACHI: Four ships, MSC Pina, Josco Dezhou, Ocean Rider and Umm Bab carrying Containers, Coal, Palm Kernel and Natural gas...
FBR transfers 6 IRS officers of BS-20 with immediate effect
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued notification for transfers and postings of senior officers of Inland Revenue Service (IRS)...
IMF & Pakistan reach staff-level accord on measures to complete pending reviews under EFF
NEW YORK: International Monetary Fund(IMF) staff and the Pakistani authorities have reached an agreement on a package of measures to...
Tracking system for tobacco, fertilisers soon, Senate panel told
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will roll out a Track & Trace (T&T) system for tobacco, cement, fertilisers...
HBL joins forces with PSDF to create employment opportunities in Pakistan
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Pakistan’s largest commercial bank has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Punjab Skill...
Govt losing huge legitimate tax
LAHORE: The public exchequer has been losing a huge legitimate tax, which the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ought to...
Javed Afridi points finger at automobile industry as FBR probes import of MG Motors vehicles
ISLAMABAD: Businessman Javed Afridi has indirectly accused the movers and shakers of the country’s automobile industry of launching a smear...
President urges foreign businessmen to exploit Pakistan’s huge investment potential
KARACHI: President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged the foreign businessmen to exploit the huge investment potential in various sectors of...
Customs Today places Aruna Hussain, Soren Skou, Maersk news on sub-domains to save itself from persistent hacking
KARACHI: The website of Customs Today is persistently hacked for raising issues of importers and exposing shipping companies for bulldozing...
Collector Fawad Shah’s Customs Exports foils bid to smuggle huge quantity of opium to Canada
KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Port Mohammad Bin Qasim foiled a bid to smuggle 200 kilograms of opium to Canada. Sources...
Customs Hyderabad, Karachi registers more than 120 FIRs against owners of petrol pumps in smuggling of Iranian diesel case
KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Karachi, Hyderabad have registered more than 120 first information reports (FIRs) against owners of the outlets/...
M/s Sultan Enterprises moves SHC challenging SCN and order-in-original
KARACHI: M/s Sultan Enterprises has approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) and filed a constitutional petition challenging show cause notice...
