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Submission of record: FBR issues names/categories of NPOs’ beneficial owners

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued names/ categories of the beneficial owners of the...

Updated 13 Mar, 2023 09:01am

FBR chief’s directive to IR Karachi officials

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Asim Ahmad has directed the senior Inland Revenue officials of Karachi...

Updated 13 Mar, 2023 09:00am

Opinion

Policies and their implementation

Policies in Pakistan’s multiple sectors are well researched, many compiled with donor funding which enables...

Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Budget deficit: PIAF calls for controlling govt expenditure, high cost of debt servicing

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has called for keeping check on government...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Revenue from corporate sector drops 30pc due to massive closures

LAHORE: Revenue generation from the corporate sector has dropped by 30 percent due to massive closures, particularly...

Updated 12 Mar, 2023 09:59am

Business & Finance

Ignoring grounds of appeals tantamount to maladministration: FTO

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has issued an important ruling that the act of non-consideration of all...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Business & Finance

Effective from March 8th: 25pc ST on luxury goods notified

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), from March 8, imposed 25 percent sales tax on the import and local...

Updated 09 Mar, 2023 08:51am

FBR unveils updated ST and FED laws

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued the updated Sales Tax Act, 1990 and Federal Excise Act up...

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:37am

FBR restores ‘FASTER’ system

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Tuesday, restored “FASTER” system for speedy payment of sales tax...

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:41am

Real estate agents, others: FBR to impose penalties if suspicious transactions not reported to FMU

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will impose sanctions including penalties on real estate agents,...

Updated 08 Mar, 2023 08:39am

Business & Finance

KATI chief calls for taxes on agriculture sector

KARACHI: President of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) Faraz-ur-Rehman has said that the government...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

Corporate donations: Listed firms’ contribution nearing 1pc of profit after taxes: SECP chief

KARACHI: The contribution of listed companies to corporate donations is approaching the globally accepted level of...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan

Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:43am

Opinion

Inflation out of control

Consumer price index (headline inflation) rose by 31.5 percent in February (up by 3.7 percentage points from...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:36am

Editorials

MPS: steep rate hike to tame inflation

EDITORIAL: In spite of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) decision to raise the discount rate to 20 percent...

Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:22am

‘Anomaly’ in FBR’s IRIS system perturbs taxpayers

ISLAMABAD: There is some legal/ technical anomaly in the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) “IRIS” system where...

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:43am

Business & Finance

Taxpayers excluded from ATL ‘despite interim relief against deemed income’

LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has excluded names of taxpayers from the Active Taxpayer List (ATL) despite...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 07:21am

Policy rate hiked by 300bps to 20pc to tame inflation

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday increased the key...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:53am

Opinion

Developing countries’ lost decade?

Global average temperatures have reached 1.2 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial era, and most scientific...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 06:58am

Opinion

Disclosure of beneficial ownership by companies

General: These notes represent our views and comments on the draft rules proposed to be inserted in the Income Tax...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 07:13am

Opinion

Past the point of no return!

For weeks noted economists and economic researchers have cited numerous indicators, like low foreign exchange...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:51am

Business & Finance

FBR surpasses Feb revenue collection target

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exceeded the assigned revenue collection target of Rs 527 billion...

Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am

‘Advance to Deposit Ratio’: Higher rate of tax will not apply on banks for TY 2024

ISLAMABAD: The higher rate of tax for “Advance to Deposit Ratio” will not apply on banks for tax year 2024, ...

Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:05am

17pc tax applicable on mobile phones valuing above $200

ISLAMABAD: There is no change in sales tax regime of locally manufactured mobile phones and imported mobile phones...

Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:04am

Opinion

Progressive fiscal policy

The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said recently in the...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

FBR acts to reduce Rs2.3trn litigations thru ADR option

ISLAMABAD: In order to reduce litigations of Rs2.3 trillion in courts, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has ...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

Opinion

Should the MPC meeting be preponed?

The most concerning and alarming element in the macro numbers is that inflation is growing out of control. Food...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Editorials

The floundering economy

EDITORIAL: Current account deficit has declined 67 percent to 3.8 billion dollars (July-January 2022-23) against...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am

Anomaly in excise duty: Illegal cigarette trade will get a big boost

ISLAMABAD: The anomaly created by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in new excise duty structure of cigarettes to...

Updated 25 Feb, 2023 08:59am

Opinion

Pakistan: political illusions and economic delusions

There is no pure economics for a state; it is always a political economy. Whilst examining the effect of the present...

Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 9 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	6 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jun 9 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.55 ▲ 1.00 (15.27%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jun 9 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.68 ▲ 0.09 (15.25%)
Sindh Modaraba / Jun 9 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	8.20 ▲ 1.00 (13.89%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jun 9 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.50 ▲ 0.54 (10.89%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 9 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	7.05 ▲ 0.65 (10.16%)
Merit Packaging / Jun 9 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	8.80 ▲ 0.79 (9.86%)
Popular Islamic / Jun 9 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	10.95 ▲ 0.96 (9.61%)
Next Capital / Jun 9 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	5.44 ▲ 0.45 (9.02%)
Ist.Dawood Bank / Jun 9 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	1.70 ▲ 0.14 (8.97%)

Stock	Price
Mod. Al-Mali (R) / Jun 9 Modaraba Al-Mali R(MODAMR1)	0.23 ▼ -0.25 (-52.08%)
F.Treet Manuf / Jun 9 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	5.36 ▼ -1.00 (-15.72%)
HBL Invest Fund / Jun 9 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	1.38 ▼ -0.22 (-13.75%)
Service Textile / Jun 9 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	6.50 ▼ -0.70 (-9.72%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jun 9 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	9.49 ▼ -1.00 (-9.53%)
United Brands / Jun 9 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	10.20 ▼ -0.94 (-8.44%)
EFG Hermes Pak / Jun 9 EFG Hermes Pakistan Limited(EFGH)	11.50 ▼ -0.98 (-7.85%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 9 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	2.60 ▼ -0.22 (-7.80%)
Allawasaya Tex / Jun 9 Allawasaya Tex. & Finishing Mills Ltd(AWTX)	2764 ▼ -224.00 (-7.50%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jun 9 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	97.52 ▼ -7.91 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
Unity Foods Ltd / Jun 9 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	28,723,523 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jun 9 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	19,470,263 ▲ 0.38
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,617,018 ▲ 0.01
Faysal Bank / Jun 9 Faysal Bank Limited(FABL)	10,414,954 ▲ 1.25
Hascol Petrol / Jun 9 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	9,814,500 ▲ 0.23
Pak Refinery / Jun 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	9,600,621 ▼ -0.04
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 9 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	8,850,500 ▲ 0.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 9 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	6,660,000 ▲ 0.12
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jun 9 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	6,382,956 ▲ 0.01
Telecard Limited / Jun 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	5,453,799 ▲ 0.15

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 9	286.95
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 9	286.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 9	139.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 9	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 9	1.25
Euro to USD / Jun 9	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Jun 8	5.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 8	4293.93
Nasdaq / Jun 8	13238.52
Dow Jones / Jun 8	33833.61
India Sensex / Jun 9	62625.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 9	32198.70
Hang Seng / Jun 9	19359.13
FTSE 100 / Jun 9	7602.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 9	15981.08
France CAC40 / Jun 9	7223.38

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 8	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 8	194616
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 9	70.85
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 9	1963.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 9	81.53

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