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Asaan Tax Scheme: Govt going to clamp down on non-compliant traders

Published 04 Nov, 2026 05:25am

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani said Tuesday that the government would launch an...

Fixing a broken tax system

Updated 26 Oct, 2026 06:16am

EDITORIAL: The IMF’s (International Monetary Fund’s) call for Pakistan to build on its hard-won economic stability...

World Bank warns growth insufficient to create jobs, boost incomes

Published 23 Oct, 2026 05:47am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has warned that Pakistan’s economic growth could remain insufficient to generate adequate...

The provincial revenue problem

Updated 06 Oct, 2026 05:48am

EDITORIAL: Sindh government spokesperson Sukhdev Hemnani’s recent observation that federal revenue shortfalls are...

Special tax procedure - back to square one—II

Updated 23 Jul, 2026 06:50am

Illustration A A tyre manufacturer produces tyres worth Rs 5 billion where the margin of profit is say 25 percent....

Kayani tells NA: Approx 3.5m shopkeepers to be brought into tax net

Published 20 Jun, 2026 06:50am

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Bilal Azhar Kayani announced on Friday that approximately 3.5...

Taxes & enforcement: Finance Bill may introduce Rs1trn measures

Updated 09 Jun, 2026 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Bill 2026 is likely to introduce tax policy and enforcement measures of nearly Rs 1 trillion in...

PDP asks why agri, retail sectors continue to evade tax net

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP), Vice Chairman Azam Minhas has said that every year on the occasion of the...

Pakistan launches fixed tax scheme for small retailers

Updated 05 Jun, 2026 10:09pm

Govt to impose 1% tax on annual retail sales up to Rs200mn

‘Coalition partners taken on board’: Aurangzeb hints at presenting budget on 10th

Updated 04 Jun, 2026 09:19am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday indicated that the government was moving towards...

‘Next budget may create more difficulties for traders’

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

KARACHI: Former Vice President of FPCCI, Tariq Haleem has said that the upcoming federal budget, being formulated...

‘First-ever’ shadow budget unveiled by FPCCI

Updated 26 May, 2026 09:03am

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Monday presented the country’s...

Tax collection: a system designed to fail

Updated 25 May, 2026 08:03am

EDITORIAL: Clearly, Pakistan’s repeated failure to meet tax collection targets is not merely a fiscal problem; it...

Fixing retail evasion upfront

Updated 18 May, 2026 07:33am

Formal businesses in Pakistan lack a level playing field, especially in the FMCG sector. The GST rate of 18 percent...

‘Out of Demand’ tax collection more than doubles in FY2024-25

Updated 14 May, 2026 09:22am

ISLAMABAD: Income tax collection under the “Out of Demand” category recorded an exceptional growth of 110.3 percent...

PRA mulling bringing additional service sectors into tax net

Published 08 Apr, 2026 08:44am

LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) is considering to bring additional service sectors into the net to...

Taxing non-resident digital creators

Published 08 Apr, 2026 06:07am

EDITORIAL: The FBR’s new rules for social media content creators, issued on April 2, seek to bring income earned...

There’s need to bring shadow economy into tax net

Published 20 Feb, 2026 05:29am

One of the main functions of any government is to collect revenue and then to prudently spend it on the well-being...

Manufacturers, cos: Govt working on 1.2pc turnover tax solution: FD official

Published 27 Nov, 2025 06:02am

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Najeeb A Memon, Director General (Head of Tax Policy Office), Finance Division assured business...

OPINION: The quest for a wide tax net

Updated 21 Nov, 2025 07:35am

“In FY 2024-25, percentage share of withholding taxes in total Income tax collection was 59 percent compared to 60...

PM praises FBR for record tax return filings

Published 02 Nov, 2025 03:10am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday praised the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for securing a ...

IMF SLA

Updated 20 Oct, 2025 06:18am

At the end of the International Mo netary Fund (IMF) mission (24 September to 8 October 2025) a press release was...

95% Pakistan builders, developers avail amnesty scheme sans compliance

Updated 22 Sep, 2025 09:50am

ISLAMABAD: Over 95 percent of the builders and developers, who availed the tax amnesty scheme, failed to comply with...

FCA improves revenue per GD by 17.3pc: FBR

Updated 11 Sep, 2025 09:28am

ISLAMABAD: The landmark initiative of Faceless Customs Appraisement, which is still in its initial phase, has been...

PM orders probe into tax dodgers

Updated 10 Sep, 2025 09:13am

ISLAMABAD: In a renewed push to counter chronic tax evasion and address systemic flaws in revenue collection, Prime...

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...

Widening the tax base

Updated 19 Jul, 2025 08:06am

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while chairing a meeting to review progress of reforms in the Federal Board...

Documentation measures in Finance Act, 2025: an analysis

Published 18 Jul, 2025 06:21am

Pakistan is faced with the serious issue of non-documentation of economic transactions leading to substantial...

Rethinking tax policy

Updated 14 Jul, 2025 07:06am

EDITORIAL: The Asian Development Bank’s recent report, “Taxing informal and hard-to-tax sectors — a policy...

Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio lags due to narrow tax net, informal economy: ADB

Updated 09 Jul, 2025 09:19am

ISLAMABAD: Despite numerous reforms, Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains below regional averages, hindered by the...

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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 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	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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