PBC floats 5-year ‘exports charter and imports substitution plan’ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed a five-year exports charter and import substitution plan... Updated 26 Apr, 2024 01:05pm
Markets PBC calls for ‘5-year’ IMF programme in letter to lender PBC believes front loading of targets by IMF stems from the relatively short-term programmes Updated 04 Mar, 2024 08:02pm
Markets Distributors, including delivery services chargeable to Sindh sales tax: SRB Supply chain management and distribution (including delivery) services are chargeable to Sindh sales tax at the rate... Published 01 Mar, 2024 09:11pm
Business & Finance BVMW-Germany’s official due next week ISLAMABAD: The BVMW-Germany’s official Country Representative to Pakistan, Matthew D Shaw, will be visiting... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Print Restructuring plan of FBR: Taxpayers should be inducted into Policy Board: PBC ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly recommended that the taxpayers (stakeholders) should be... Updated 05 Feb, 2024 09:34am
Markets PBC urges incoming govt to effectively implement FBR restructuring The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, has urged the... Updated 31 Jan, 2024 04:20pm
Pakistan ‘Existential crisis’: tax the undocumented sector, urges PBC Body says first task of incoming government will be to negotiate IMF programme, seek longer-term, reform-centric bailout Published 03 Jan, 2024 07:30pm
Markets PBC urges govt to lower power tariffs The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has urged the... Updated 28 Dec, 2023 07:59pm
Business & Finance Poly bags for sugar, cement and wheat: PBC urges Shamshad to make QR-Code printing mandatory ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar has been requested to make mandatory printing of QR-Code on... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
Print PBC floats proposals aimed at reducing power tariff ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has floated proposals to slash electricity tariff up to Rs 6.5 per unit... Updated 14 Oct, 2023 05:24pm
Markets PBC calls for investigation after Pakistan’s exports to China ‘underreported by $594mn’ Pakistan Business Council says FBR should also look into the possibility of loss of tax revenue Updated 10 Oct, 2023 10:48pm
Markets Businesses laud Pakistan govt’s measures against ‘misuse of Afghan Transit Trade’ Business bodies including the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and the All Pakistan Textile Mills Limited (APTMA)... Updated 04 Oct, 2023 10:46pm
Business & Finance PBC underscores need for renegotiating transit trade with Kabul KARACHI: In order to curb the misuse of Afghan transit trade, Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has recommended... Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:27am
Business & Finance PBC apprises ministers about key challenges ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Tuesday held meetings with caretaker Federal Ministers Dr Gohar Ejaz... Updated 20 Sep, 2023 09:41am
Markets Caretaker govt’s ‘do nothing’ approach doing no good for Pakistan: PBC The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, on Monday slammed... Updated 04 Sep, 2023 05:55pm
Markets Rapid rupee decline brewing ‘a perfect storm’ for Pakistan: PBC The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, warned that the... Updated 01 Sep, 2023 06:10pm
Pakistan PBC appoints new leadership, Shabbir Diwan becomes new chairman In line with its tradition, the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has appointed a new leadership for the next 18... Updated 05 Aug, 2023 02:06am
Print Economy very much on track: PM KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said the country’s economy was on the course of progress as the... Updated 27 Jul, 2023 08:55am
Business & Finance LCCI president submits proposals to Senate body LAHORE: The President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Kashif Anwar, made a number of ... Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am
Business & Finance Budget proposals: PBC asks FBR to discourage use of cash in economy ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received different budget proposals to check the cash economy in... Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am
Editorials ‘Realistic’ tax target EDITORIAL: The budget is just around the corner, which makes this the time when the finance ministry is flooded with... Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am
Business & Finance Great food insecurity ahead for country, says PBC report LAHORE: Pakistan’s food trade balance was a deficit of $3.6 billion in the Financial Year 2022. Compulsion to... Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am
Print Pakistan not running out of water: report LAHORE: Contrary to popular perception, Pakistan is not running out of water, not just yet as the available... Updated 02 Apr, 2023 10:26am
Business & Finance PBC objects to SRO on records of firms’ beneficial owners ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has expressed serious concerns over the Federal Board of Revenue’s... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
Pakistan Relentless groundwater pumping by Pakistan, India has lowered groundwater table: report LAHORE: Pakistan and India are drawing water from the Indus aquifer faster than the rate of water recharges back ... Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am
Pakistan ‘Pakistan is running out of time,’ warns PBC as IMF programme hangs in balance As stakeholders contest short-term power, Pakistan's long-term future is in jeopardy, says Pakistan Business Council Updated 22 Mar, 2023 04:44pm
Business & Finance PBC underscores need for securing IMF support KARACHI: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has called to secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) support, maintain a... Updated 14 Feb, 2023 05:49pm
Business & Finance PBC underscores need for taxing untaxed sectors KARACHI: Chief Executive of Pakistan Business Council (PBC) Ehsan Malik has forwarded suggestions to Federal Finance... Published 11 Feb, 2023 06:26am
Pakistan CERB holds workshop on gender equality in Multan MULTAN: MG Apparel and the Pakistan Business Council’s Centre of Excellence for Responsible Business (CERB)... Published 10 Feb, 2023 03:56am
Markets Govt projection of achieving $3bn current account surplus in FY23 ‘unrealistic’: PBC The Ministry of Finance's prediction of achieving a surplus current account by the end of the ongoing fiscal year... Published 06 Feb, 2023 03:22pm