Road to self-sustainability During the last few decades, global economies have been facing tough challenges. The recent spell started in March... Updated 13 Jan, 2023 07:28am
Print Russia all set to discuss oil, LNG deals during IGC Islamabad and Moscow are already in close contact to import Russian wheat Updated 13 Jan, 2023 11:05am
Print Mills to get quotas for sugar export on basis of installed capacity ISLAMABAD: The government is to allocate sugar quota to mills for exports on the basis of their installed capacity... Updated 13 Jan, 2023 08:49am
Business & Finance Pakistan Customs launches ‘Linking International Values’ system ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Valuation (Customs), Karachi has launched LIVE (Linking International Values) system... Updated 13 Jan, 2023 08:52am
Business & Finance PHMA calls for PM’s intervention over SBP’s restrictions LAHORE: Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMA) has lamented that the import restriction ... Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am
Print Budgetary targets: Govt to take fiscal measures set by IMF: Dar ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Monday that a discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in... Updated 12 Jan, 2023 09:50pm
Business & Finance FBR starts virtual assessments of imported consignments ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started virtual assessments of imported consignments without... Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am
Business & Finance NA body chief blames Dar, others for current economic crisis KARACHI: Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance Qaiser Sheikh on Wednesday held federal... Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am
Print Income tax on salaried people: FBR identifies Rs28bn gap ISLAMABAD: The tax gap for income tax on salaried income is approximately Rs28 billion and non-salaried... Updated 12 Jan, 2023 10:43am
Print Privatisation: govt delists SME Bank ISLAMABAD: The government has delisted SME Bank from privatisation list as no bank is ready to acquire it due to its... Updated 12 Jan, 2023 08:53am
Editorials Foreign inflows EDITORIAL: State news agency of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has reported that the KSA government could increase ... Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am
Business & Finance FBR paid 60-70pc rebate to exporters during 2022-23 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has automatically paid 60-70 percent of the customs duty drawback and... Updated 12 Jan, 2023 01:01pm
Business & Finance Zero rating facility: Meter manufacturers object to issuance of tax notices by FBR LAHORE: Field formations of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) are found issuing tax recovery notices to the... Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am
Business & Finance Import of green tea from Vietnam and China: DGCV Karachi revises Customs values ISLAMABAD: Directo-rate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has revised customs values on the import of green tea... Published 11 Jan, 2023 07:09am
Opinion FDI: disastrous policies This writer has been writing following in response to the news that the Government of Pakistan is considering... Published 11 Jan, 2023 06:33am
Business & Finance FBR asks 81 big retailers to get integrated with POS ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed 81 unregistered retailers (Tier-1) to integrate them with... Published 11 Jan, 2023 05:53am
Print Sugar export to be halted if local price rises: ECC ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has decided that in case of an increase in sugar price in the... Updated 11 Jan, 2023 08:53am
Business & Finance 0.15m less containers arrived in Jul-Dec: FBR ISLAMABAD: A total of 0.55 million containers of importable goods/ commodities have reached Pakistan during the... Updated 11 Jan, 2023 08:54am
Business & Finance FBR sees Rs1289bn tax gap for 2022 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has worked out overall tax gap of Rs1,289 billion during 2022, which... Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:28am
Opinion Faltering exports The textile exports are faltering since July 2022. They have been growing rapidly for the previous two years, but we... Updated 10 Jan, 2023 06:51am
Business & Finance Car making components: FBR to charge 15pc duty on import ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will charge 15 percent customs duty on the import of components for... Updated 10 Jan, 2023 09:03am
Editorials Expenditure must be curtailed EDITORIAL: The government is in the throes of an acute dollar and rupee shortage (attributable to lack of fiscal... Updated 10 Jan, 2023 06:42am
Pakistan CAP denounces undue restrictions on retail trade timings LAHORE: The Chain store Association of Pakistan (CAP), the certified trade body of organized retailers in the... Published 08 Jan, 2023 03:48am
Print Jul-Dec: FBR makes Rs176bn payment against refunds ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has paid refunds of Rs176 billion during the first half ... Updated 08 Jan, 2023 10:16am
Print FBR imposes 20pc duty on steam-fired absorption chiller ISLAMABAD: The customs classification committee of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed 20 percent customs... Updated 08 Jan, 2023 10:16am
Business & Finance PTA highlights problems being faced by tanners KARACHI: Chairman, Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA), M Mehr Ali has appealed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan,... Published 07 Jan, 2023 07:33am
Business & Finance FTO asks FBR to withdraw notices against deceased taxpayer ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw notices of... Updated 07 Jan, 2023 11:10am
Business & Finance Fake transactions: FBR illegally takes action against salaried individual ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has illegally taken action against a salaried individual, whose tax... Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:35am
Opinion How to deal with Pakistan’s forthcoming currency crisis “There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.” ? Thomas Sowell Nomura has warned that Pakistan faces currency... Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:00am
Print Economic challenges: Dar has failed to provide any roadmap: Tarin ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s press conference on 4th January 2023 is an attempt to divert attention away... Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:47am