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Finland’s consumer prices declines by -0.1% in May
HELSINKI: The year-on-year change in consumer prices calculated by Statistics Finland was -0.1 per cent in June. The inflation stood...
Spain cut individual tax rates, tax payers can save €1.5b
MADRID: Under a tax reform package adopted at the end of last year, the personal income tax rates were to...
Japan’s naphtha imports for petrochemical sector rise 1% in June
TOKYO: Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector rose 1 percent in June from the same month a year earlier,...
Business community urges district govt to ensure ban on protests, rallies on The Mall
LAHORE: The local business community has asked the district government to impose complete ban on protests on The Mall and...
JOGMEC buys LPG from Itochu Corp to store in national reserves
TOKYO: State-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) said on Thursday it had bought liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
0.8 -1.0kg cm² gas pressure against 5kg cm²: PSM units shut down
KARACHI: The main units of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) have been shut down due to continuous low gas pressure supplied...
Dastgir forms body to find out reasons of declining textile exports
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir has formed a high level committee on ‘Policy Action Plan’ to find out...
FDI decreases by 58.2% to $709.3 million in 2014-15
KARACHI: The country has witnessed 58.2 per cent decrease in foreign direct investment (FDI) to $709.3 million in 2014-15. According...
South Korea’s Busan Bank registered with DICA to open representative office
SEOUL: South Korea’s Busan Bank has registered with the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) to open a representative...
Two Inland Revenue officers of BS-18 transferred
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has transferred/posted two Inland Revenue Service officers pf BS-18 with immediate effect and until further...
Two Singapore national charged $530 for bypassing Customs check
PONTIAN: Two Singaporeans charged with bypassing the Johor Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex (CIQ) while heading to Singapore have each...
South Korea’s crude oil imports from Iran drop 19.7% in June
SEOUL: South Korea's crude oil imports from Iran dropped 19.7 percent in June from a year earlier, and its shipments...
Adila Rehman assumes charge as DG Reforms & Automation
ISLAMABAD: Adila Rehman, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-21, has assumed the charge of the post of Director General...
Bureau of Customs seizes smuggled goods worth P14m at Manila port
MANILA PORT: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday confiscated what it claims were smuggled goods worth P14 million at...
Auditor’s suspension period extended
ISLAMABAD: The competent authority of Federal Board of Revenue has extended suspension period of Munir-ul-Haq, Auditor, (BS-16), Regional Tax Office-II,...
Exports of Ukrainian agricultural commodities increase totaled 16.7b USD in 2014
KIEV: In January-June of 2014 the exports of Ukrainian agricultural commodities increased totaled 16.7 bln USD, declared Oleksiy Pavlenko, Minister...
Power tariff reduced by Rs2.68 per unit
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has okayed Rs2.68 per unit reduction in power tariff in term of...
Dy Commissioner-IR assumes charge after availing 148-day leave
ISLAMABAD: Salma Shaheen, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-18, has assumed charge as Deputy Commissioner-IR, RTO, Multan after availing...
Tuna caught in New Zealand to shores of Shanghai for first time
WELLINGTON: Tuna caught in New Zealand have made their way to the shores of Shanghai for the first time. Dozens of...
Pak rupee loses value in open market to reach 103.25
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Thursday lost value against the US dollar in open market. As per the local currency market,...
