FTO Coordinator stresses reforms for balancing growth, debt in emerging markets

18/09/2023

KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&) has impounded a consignment of high value goods worth Rs100 million. These...

Diesel price hike: Goods transporters jack up fares

18/09/2023

LAHORE: Goods transporters have hiked fares by 10% following the recent increase in diesel price by the caretaker government. The...

IHC chief justice assures judiciary of deciding cases of business community on priority

Islamabad: Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Justice Aamer Farooq along with Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Nasir Javed Rana...

JazzCash becomes first Fintech platform to enable SCOM bundles

LAHORE: JazzCash, Pakistan’s leading fintech player, in a pioneering move, has announced the integration of Special Communications Organization (SCO) mobile...

Pakistan, Kazakhstan agree to enhance regional economic integration

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kazakhstan agreed to enhance regional economic and trade integration for increasing bilateral trade. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...

Pakistan, Iran discuss installing more gates at border point

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran on Friday discussed the possibility of installing more gates at the Mir Javeh-Taftan crossing point to...

Pakistan to fulfil tax collection agreement with IMF: Shamshad Akhtar

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar has said that the government will fulfil its tax collection agreement with the International...

SBP suspends permit of Royal International Exchange Company

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has suspended the permit of Royal International Exchange Company with immediate effect. The...

Petrol, diesel prices raised by record amount in Pakistan

KARACHI: Amid back-breaking inflation, the caretaker government on Friday jacked up the petrol price by more than Rs26 and diesel...

Rate of return increased on Naya Pakistan Certificates

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has increased the interest rate on Naya Pakistan Certificates. According to the State Bank of...

After UBL, Meezan Bank wants to establish an exchange company

KARACHI: A few days after United Bank Limited (UBL) announced that it is establishing an exchange company, one of the...

FTO directs probe against customs officers involved in mistreating used car importer

LAHORE: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Chief Collector of Customs (North) to conduct a fact-finding inquiry into this...

Trade resumes as Pakistan, Afghanistan reopen Torkham border

TORKHAM: The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened to pedestrians and vehicles early Friday, more than a week...

Pakistan military helps stifle currency black market to stabilise rupee

ISLAMABAD: When the military was called on to help defend Pakistan's ailing currency, licensed foreign exchange traders cheered while their...

Collector Imran Bokhari foils bid to smuggle 118MT of sugar, impounds NDP vehicles worth Rs60m

KHUZDAR: Under the dynamic leadership of Collector Imran Bokhari, Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Khuzdar has taken strict action against smuggling...

Shamshad Akhtar chairs meeting to deliberate measures to digitilize national economy

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs and Privatization, Shamshad Akhtar visited Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) headquarters...

Karachi I&I thwarts attempt to smuggle goods from Quetta to Karachi

KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) goods. The market value of seized goods is Rs50 million in international...

FBR collects advance tax from big companies to achieve revenue collection target

ISLAMABAD: The Large Tax Offices (LTOs) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) take advances from the big companies to...

PIA sought Rs17b loan to come out of financial crisis: sources