Finance bill 2023: recommendations finalised by Senate panel ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue meeting, chaired by Senator Saleem Mandviwalla has... Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:10am
Pakistan Federal Budget: BAP Senator for addressing plight of Baloch people ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Danesh Kumar has said that the plight of the people of Balochistan... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Opinion Budget 2023-24: Impediments to a viable economy The provisional data issued by the National Accounts Committee portray a bleak picture of the economy where real GDP... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Opinion Understanding and addressing fault lines—II b. Selling Cheap: Except from 1971 to 1977 on the economic policy side, there was complete unconditional surrender... Updated 16 Jun, 2023 06:47am
Business & Finance Govt accused of giving boost to undocumented retail sector thru budget LAHORE: The budget 2023-24 has given more relaxation to the undocumented and unregistered retail sector and... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Print Cigarettes, juices: FED reduction likely ISLAMABAD: In an unexpected move, the amended Finance Bill 2023 to be announced on June 23 is expected to decrease... Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:59am
Business & Finance Agriculture sector: Treasury calls for introducing more incentives ISLAMABAD: The treasury lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday called for introducing more incentives in the... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Editorials Whither the economy EDITORIAL: The budget for 2023-24 fails to curtail expenditure (and instead raised current expenditure by 26.5... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Print Moody’s disputes govt’s growth assumption Says Government of Pakistan’s budget lacks major revenue-raising or spending-containment measures to alleviate intense government liquidity pressures Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:54am
Business & Finance PC board approves budget estimates for FY2023-24 ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission (PC) convened its latest Board meeting under the chairmanship of Abid ... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Print IMF raises serious objections over budget 2023-24 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised serious objections over the budget for fiscal year... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Opinion A timid budget by a hesitant govt The budget was really not a budget per se. We have come to expect major policy measures being enacted, loads of ... Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:31am
Opinion The Fund strikes back It didn’t take long for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to red-flag the budget, did it? Just as feared in... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Opinion Understanding and addressing fault lines–I The Economist in its edition of May 13-19th 2023 has pointed out that the 10-year USD-denominated sovereign bond of... Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:39am
Business & Finance Concessional energy: APTMA steps up pressure on govt ISLAMABAD: Leading textile units and big textile manufacturers on Wednesday warned to “hand in keys of their... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Business & Finance There’s tax evasion of Rs500bn in real estate sector alone: Asif ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Wednesday said ‘elite capture’ is the root of all socioeconomic ills as... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Editorials Ambitious Sindh budget EDITORIAL: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presented an ambitious Rs 2.2 trillion provincial budget for... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Print Political stability key to economic strength: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that political stability was highly important to achieve... Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:08am
Print Flood-affected people: PPP expresses concerns over budget LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto chaired a virtual meeting of the party on the budget... Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:05am
Print What is IMF’s demand in relation to Budget? Clarity of vision, precise steps, clear outcomes ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha Wednesday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has... Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:01am
Pakistan IMF comes down hard on Pakistan’s budget proposals Says draft misses opportunity to broaden tax base in progressive way Criticises new tax amnesty scheme that runs against IMF programme’s conditionality/governance agenda, and creates a damaging precedent Updated 15 Jun, 2023 09:00am
Pakistan PM’s special initiatives: Rs80bn allocated in federal budget to empower youth LAHORE: Under the Prime Minister’s special initiatives, Rs80 billion had been allocated in the federal budget... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Opinion This is a time of deep introspection Pakistan is spiraling into abject poverty and is slipping further into the abyss. The World Bank (WB) reports that... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Print Cloudburst likely in Karachi KARACHI: The Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday told the Sindh Assembly about his government’s... Updated 14 Jun, 2023 09:05am
Editorials Interest rates: the policy debate EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision to keep the policy rate unchanged at 21 percent came as... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance Finance bill: FBR sets up two ‘anomaly committees’ ISLAMABAD: After the presentation of federal budget 2023-24, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Asim Ahmad has... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Print $7bn Chinese, Saudi deposits: Rs402bn paid as cost of rollovers Economic Affairs Division, sources say, requested ECC to accord approval for provision of Technical Supplementary Grant Updated 14 Jun, 2023 10:23am
Print Pakistan won’t move Paris Club: MoS ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha Tuesday stated that Pakistan would neither go the... Updated 14 Jun, 2023 09:00am
Business & Finance 10-year tax holiday a must to realise IT export potential of $15bn: P@SHA ISLAMABAD: The country is unlikely to realise the information technology export potential of $ 15 billion within the... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance Stable political environment needs for economic reforms: UBG KARACHI: President United Business Group (UBG) Zubair Tufail has said that it is a fact that the country's economy ... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees