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Envoy stresses potential of Hong Kong as export destination for Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Consul General of Pakistan in Hong Kong Bilal Ahmed Butt on Sunday said that Hong Kong has a huge...
Coronavirus pushes world’s leading economies into record slumps
PARIS: The coronavirus pandemic pushed most of the world’s major economies into unprecedented contractions in the second quarter, except for...
KP traders, transporters protest extortion at highway check posts
PESHAWAR: Traders and transporters associated with trade with Afghanistan have raised protest against extortion at highway check posts in various...
Govt to provide digital banking facility to overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: Government has decided to provide digital banking facility to overseas Pakistani for the first time in history of...
Former DG Excise appears before NAB in liquor license case
LAHORE: Former Director General (DG) of Excise Department Akram Ashraf Gondal appeared before a team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...
Quetta Preventive recovers betel nuts worth Rs30m hidden in sacks of onion
QUETTA: Collectorate of Customs Appraisement anti-smuggling squad seized 15000 kilogram of betel nuts worth Rs30 million which was hidden in...
Economy moving towards recovery: Hammad Azhar
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar has said that the country's economy was moving towards recovery. The...
SHC declares sugar inquiry commission report null and void
KARACHI: Sindh High Court on Monday declared report of Sugar Inquiry Commission null and void. SHC, while accepting plea of...
NAB files reference against Hamza Shahbaz in money laundering case
LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday has filed a reference against Hamza Shahbaz along with others in money laundering...
LPG price goes up by Rs5/kg
LAHORE: The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) shot up by Rs5/kg in the country, increasing to Rs105/kg on Monday....
Pakistan recorded ‘highest-ever’ remittances in July: PM Imran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that Pakistan recorded highest-ever remittances from overseas Pakistanis in July 2020, reaching...
Tax to GDP ratio dips to 11.4pc during FY2010-20
ISLAMABAD: Tax to GDP ratio has slipped to 11.4 percent in fiscal year FY20 (2019/2020) when compared with 11.6 percent...
Withholding tax rates for electricity consumers updated
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has updated withholding tax rate on the amount paid for electricity bills by commercial,...
FBR updates WHT rates for telephone subscribers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has updated withholding tax rates for tax year 2021 to be paid by telephone...
Importer moves SHC challenging harassment & lodging FIR by Appraisement East
KARACHI: Importer namely Muhammad Sajjad has approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against lodging first information report (FIR) by Collectorate...
Customs Court sends suspects to jail in electronics goods smuggling case
KARACHI: The Customs Court sent suspects namely Muhammad Atiq son of Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Arif son of Riaz Ahmed to...
SBP introducing new mechanism to enhance EODB
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has decided to introduce a new mechanism to enable the companies in the country to...
Pakistan prepares exploration management app to expedite E&P activities
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has prepared a modern app under the Prime Minister’s Digital Pakistan vision to monitor and expedite...
KP’s Pakistan Digital City expected to create 30,000 jobs
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will finalise the master plan for Pakistan Digital City in October 2020, which is expected to...
Multan Customs seizes 5000 litres of HSD oil near DG Khan
MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement & Compliance (E&C) has seized non-customs paid 5000 litres of High-Speed Diesel during operation near...
