Importers’ fake clearance certificates hampering govt’s anti-money laundering drive
LAHORE: The recent scandal regarding the 'use of fake stamps of Pakistan's Embassy in Japan to import used cars' is a clear...
Duties, taxes above Rs1 million to be paid online from 20th, FPCCI told
KARACHI: The payment of duties and taxes worth over Rs1 million will be made through electronic mode from January 20th, said Federal...
Tax waiver on sugar import among six items on ECC’s agenda
ISLAMABAD:Â The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in its upcoming meeting will take up a six-point agenda, including tax waiver on the import of...
Registration of real estate, construction companies up 32pc in 2020
ISLAMABAD: A healthy trend has been witnessed in the registration of construction and real estate companies, as the Securities and Exchange Commission...
SBP reserves drop $12m to $13.4bn
The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan dropped 0.09pc on a weekly basis, according to data released by...
Sindh asks Centre to ban tomato import, allow onion export
KARACHI: The Sindh government has written a letter to the federal government seeking a ban on the import of tomatoes and steps...
Historic uplift package for GB to be finalised soon: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD: Planning, Development and Reforms Minister Asad Umar has said that a joint team of Gilgit-Baltistan and the federal government will soon...
Ministers hail LSM growth amid pandemic
Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said on Wednesday that industrial growth of the country was clearly accelerating as it witnessed "excellent...
Big industry expands 14.5pc in November 2020
ISLAMABAD: Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) in Pakistan grew by 14.5 per cent in November 2020 as compared to the same month in...
PM launches Pakistan’s first instant digital payment system
'SBP's Raast initiative will help boost formal economy, ensure financial inclusion of women, and eradicate poverty from the country'
PM Imran lauds diaspora for remitting over $2bn for 6th straight month
'Remittances surge 25pc YoY during July-Dec FY21, highest half-year growth in 14 years'
Bahawalpur industrial estate to be functional soon: minister
LAHORE:Â Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht said on Thursday that Bahawalpur Industrial Estate will be functional soon, wherein all business start-up...
Majority of people affected by Covid-19 have resumed work in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has claimed that out of the 35 per cent population of the country which had been...
Pakistan, Turkmenistan discuss goods transit through Gwadar, Karachi ports
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has appreciated Turkmenistan's proposal for transit of Turkmen goods through...
Pakistan’s trade deficit widens 32pc to $2.68bn in December
Exports rise 18.3pc to $2.35bn, whereas imports surge 25.2pc to $5.03bn in December 2020