10 Customs officers of BS-19 selected for 20th SMC

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has granted sales tax zero-rating facility on the supply of gas to an industrial...

ST automation to generate additional Rs 40 to Rs 50b revenue: Dr Irshad

ISLAMABAD: Member (Inland Revenue Policy) Dr Muhammad Irshad has said that the newly-introduced sales tax automation system would help generate...

Customs issues valuation guidelines for vitamin supplements

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue’s Directorate General of Customs Valuation has issued three valuation guidelines for vitamin supplements. Under...

FIA sets up cell to curb child kidnappings, organs trade

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established a cell in the federal capital dedicated to end children abductions in...

Punjab govt approves development project worth Rs410.88m

LAHORE: The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party approved a development project in health sector to be completed at an estimated cost...

Brazil exported 458 tonnes beef to Qatar after ban over

DOHA: Brazil exported 458 tonnes of beef to Qatar after a ban over the mad cow disease was lifted in...

FBR urged to extend date for filing of ST annex c till 15th

KARACHI: The chemicals and dyers merchants have asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the last date for...

Kuwaiti company Agility revenue decreases but profit rises

KUWAIT CITY: Agility, the leading Arab Gulf logistics group, increased second-quarter earnings by 11 percent, but revenue declined on lower...

Natural gas exports, prices projected to rise

WASHINGTON: Natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico have risen in 2016, and the Energy Information Administration expects growth to continue...

Customs BS-22 officer Amir Marwat to retire on Nov 14

ISLAMABAD: Amir Muhammad Khan Marwat, a BS-22 officer of Pakistan Customs Service, is going to retire from the government service...

Japan’s June core machinery orders log first rise in 3 months

TOKYO: Japan’s core private-sector machinery orders rose a seasonally adjusted 8.3 percent in June from May, rebounding from two straight...

Saleem Ranjha assumes charge as Member

ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-21, has assumed the charge of the post of...

Dy Commissioner-IR Manan resigns

ISLAMABAD: The competent authority at Federal Board of Revenue has accepted the resignation of Manan Younas, a BS-18 officer of...

Australia monthly wheat exports to soar, easing worries over slow sales

SYDNEY: Australian wheat exports in August look set to hit an eight-month high as the lowest prices in a decade...

Household debts in S. Korea keep surging on record-low rate

SEOUL: Household debts in South Korea, one of major risks factors facing the economy, kept rising at a fast pace...

Late Customs appraiser Sanaullah remembered

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has announced deep regret over the sad demise of Sanaullah Khan, a BS-16 officer...

India imposes duties on some steel imports

NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Tuesday imposed a provisional antidumping duty on certain steel-product imports, hoping to protect local...

Turkey, Russia reinstating $100 bln bilateral trade target

ANKARA: Turkey and Russia are reinstating their annual bilateral trade target of $100 billion, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday...

Brazil’s ferrous scrap exports down 66% in July