News stories for Huzaima Bukhari

Huzaima Bukhari

Opinion

Leaks and challenges-II

White collar crime investigations need special expertise to deal with different nature of financial crimes. However,...

Updated 16 Oct, 2021 01:23pm

Opinion

Leaks and challenges—I

The selective criteria of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in listing countries with strategic deficiencies ...

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 09:33am

Opinion

The 'leaks'

In The Panama Papers, the leaked data covered nearly 40 years, from the late 1970s throughout the end of 2015. It...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

Opinion

FBR & tax appellate system

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

National Tax Academy—II

In the light of what was discussed in the first part, Case for All-Pakistan Unified Tax Service: PTI & ...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Need for National Tax Academy—I

On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

Pathetic direct tax collection

The dismal share of income tax in overall collection of taxes during the last many decades testifies to the lack of...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Opinion

Road-map for Afghanistan

The global war on terror fought under the command of the United States of America (USA) in Afghanistan is expected ...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

New FBR chairman

On August 24, 2021, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, a junior but highly competent officer of Internal Revenue Service ...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

FBR under cyberattack-II: Wake-up call

Interestingly, FBR is not only collecting taxes but is also responsible for dealing with Anti-Money Laundering and...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Opinion

FBR under cyberattack—I: Wake-up call

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the apex federal revenue collection body, is entrusted with the responsibility ...

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 02:08pm

Opinion

Independence Day reflections

Tomorrow, the nation will celebrate 75th Independence Day with a hope that the incumbent government is going to ...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

Opinion

Our national priorities

The claws of corruption have engulfed us, and its force is getting stronger with each passing day. Although the...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Opinion

Countering corrupt practices

Corporations around the world use bribery and demonstrate other unethical behaviours to generate business from local...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Taxes and social democracy

“The perks culture has also held real estate development hostage for decades as officials seek to reward ...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 04:27am

Opinion

Pakistan: ML/CFT challenges in trade

Trade is used as an ally for money laundering by misdeclarations of goods, under-invoicing and...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Opinion

Overriding ‘doctrine of mutuality’

Through the Finance Act, 2021 [“the Act”], the Parliament has made an amendment with retrospective application ...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 04:25am

Opinion

Historic collection by FBR

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has surpassed the third-time revised target of fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021 and for...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Taliban, Americans, terrorism & drug trade

Tomorrow, June 26, will mark the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The theme for 2021 is “Share facts on drugs, save lives”.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

Opinion

Salaried class and tax brutality

The proposed taxation of salary income on gross basis, for the first time in Subcontinent since the introduction of...

Published 18 Jun, 2021 04:16am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen. Ins. / Oct 20 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	5.29 ▲ 0.67 (14.50%)
Askari Life Assur. / Oct 20 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	7.96 ▲ 0.96 (13.71%)
Worldcall / Oct 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	2.49 ▲ 0.21 (9.21%)
Sindh Abadgar / Oct 20 Sindh Abadgar Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	13.25 ▲ 1.00 (8.16%)
Flying Cement / Oct 20 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	14.15 ▲ 1.00 (7.60%)
Maple Leaf / Oct 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	35.12 ▲ 2.45 (7.50%)
Pak Engg. / Oct 20 Pakistan Engineering Co Limited(PECO)	381.92 ▲ 26.64 (7.50%)
Artistic Den. / Oct 20 Artistic Denim Mills Limited(ADMM)	78.47 ▲ 5.47 (7.49%)
Pioneer Cement / Oct 20 Pioneer Cement Limited(PIOC)	86.40 ▲ 6.02 (7.49%)
AL- Abbas / Oct 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	302.90 ▲ 20.89 (7.41%)

Stock	Price
Al-Mali / Oct 20 Modaraba Al-Mali(MODAM)	11.71 ▲ -4.97 (-29.80%)
IBL HealthCare. / Oct 20 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	84.81 ▲ -17.35 (-16.98%)
B. F. Mod. / Oct 20 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	6.20 ▲ -0.90 (-12.68%)
Rupali / Oct 20 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	35.00 ▲ -5.01 (-12.52%)
Tariq Glass / Oct 20 Tariq Glass Industries Limited(TGL)	92.00 ▲ -9.82 (-9.64%)
Sindh Modaraba / Oct 20 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	8.03 ▲ -0.76 (-8.65%)
S. S. Oil / Oct 20 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	101.25 ▲ -8.20 (-7.49%)
Bal. Wheel / Oct 20 Baluchistan Wheels Limited(BWHL)	68.54 ▲ -5.46 (-7.38%)
Shahtaj Textile / Oct 20 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	98.30 ▲ -7.68 (-7.25%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Oct 20 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	175.10 ▲ -13.40 (-7.11%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / Oct 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,593,000 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Oct 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	15,427,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Oct 20 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	11,371,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Oct 20 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	8,321,000 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Oct 20 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	6,183,232 ▼ 0.00
Maple Leaf / Oct 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,574,847 ▼ 0.00
Service Fab. / Oct 20 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	5,050,000 ▼ 0.00
Treet Corp. / Oct 20 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	4,119,500 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / Oct 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	3,802,978 ▼ 0.00
Dost Steel / Oct 20 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	3,061,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 19	172.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 19	172.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 19	114.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 19	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 19	1.37
Euro to USD / Oct 19	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Oct 19	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 19	4486.46
India Sensex / Oct 19	61765.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 19	29025.46
Nasdaq / Oct 19	15021.81
Hang Seng / Oct 19	25409.75
FTSE 100 / Oct 19	7203.33
Dow Jones / Oct 19	35258.61
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 19	15474.47
France CAC40 / Oct 19	6673.10