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Tax compliance

FBR receives record 7.5m income tax returns till 30th

Published 31 Oct, 2026 05:33am

ISLAMABAD: Breaking all previous records of tax compliance, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received a record...

Pakistan has made tax compliance a competitive disadvantage

Published 28 Sep, 2026 12:35pm

FBR keeps squeezing visible taxpayers while informality, distortion and leakage remain built into the system

PRA accelerates business registration

Published 18 Jul, 2026 05:03am

LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has accelerated implementation of its province-wide business registration...

21 new items to come under GST net

Updated 13 Jun, 2026 09:18am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has proposed a significant expansion in the scope of goods subject to sales tax on...

PBC calls for tax policy reforms, compliance framework

Updated 22 May, 2026 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has unveiled a comprehensive set of proposals for the Federal Budget...

OPINION: Tax compliance measures harken back to colonial era collective punishment

Updated 01 Dec, 2025 08:38am

Government officials and ministers, especially the FBR Chairman, are attempting to change the narrative of economic...

Compliance without collection

Published 01 Nov, 2025 06:25am

EDITORIAL: A recent media report has brought to light a telling statistic from Pakistan’s ongoing tax collection...

IMF links 4pc further ST abolition to 50,000 new ST registrations: FBR

Updated 25 Jul, 2025 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member, Inland Revenue, (Operations) Dr Hamid Ateeq Sarwar said Thursday...

A system that breeds fraud

Published 24 Jul, 2025 06:19am

EDITORIAL: In his briefing to the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee recently, FBR (Federal Board of...

FBR tells PM: Tax-to-GDP ratio jumps 1.5pc to 10.6pc

Updated 24 Jul, 2025 08:51am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday said the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio rose by 1.5...

PRR project: World Bank approves additional $70m credit

Updated 14 Jun, 2025 09:30am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved an additional $70 million credit for the Pakistan Raises Revenue (PRR)...

DRAP STRN deregistration case: FTO orders swift conclusion

Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has instructed the Large Taxpayers Office (LTO), Islamabad to promptly...

Award ceremony: PM honours top businessmen and taxpayers

Updated 08 Feb, 2025 09:40am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened a ceremony with prominent industry leaders and top taxpayers,...

Corporate sector contributes Rs3,061bn as income tax

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 02:10pm

ISLAMABAD: The corporate sector contributed Rs 3,061 billion as income tax during 2023-24, according to a new...

Tax evasion: FBR seeks data from different countries

Updated 07 Jan, 2025 08:54am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has processed 30 requests received from international tax...

FBR voices concern over disparities in tax compliance

Updated 06 Jan, 2025 09:30am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has expressed serious concern over significant disparities in tax...

Taxmen likely to seal unregistered people’s co’s premises

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 03:03pm

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will empower Inland Revenue officials to seal unregistered people’s...

KPRA launches monitoring & enforcement drive

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

PESHAWAR: As the wedding season kicks off and winter approaches, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) has...

Buyers, sellers: APTMA assails FBR’s affidavit demand

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 02:56pm

LAHORE: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Kaan Arshad has condemned the Federal Board of...

Properties of Pakistanis in Dubai

Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am

In 2019 when I was the Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) I asked my Director General International Taxation...

FBR to field DTOs to identify new taxpayers

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 09:44am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) plans to depute District Taxation Officers Inland Revenue across...

Improving tax compliance

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

The caretaker government has set up a tax reforms taskforce to come up with recommendations to close the ‘tax...

Tax compliance: Only 20pc of retail sector turnover visible to FBR: Ashfaq

Published 16 Mar, 2022 05:40am

ISLAMABAD: Chairman FBR/ Secretary Revenue Division, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed said Tuesday that the annual business...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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