CASA-1000 landmark achievement of cooperation between Pak, Tajikistan: Envoy
ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Sherali Jononov has said that CASA-1000 is a landmark achievement of cooperation between Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Addressing a...
Industry in Pakistan focusing on compatibility due to CPEC: LCCI president
LAHORE: Industrialists in Pakistan have started reshaping their units to make them compatible with others after launching of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
No violations of law in promulgating ordinance to ratify tax amnesty scheme: Rana Afzal
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal on Monday said that no violation of law has been made by promulgating the...
Finance ministry to consider tax proposals related to IT and Telecom sector
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Miftah Ismail has said that the annual budget related proposals for IT and telecommunications...
Highest exports in 4 years up by 24pc, reaching $2.23 bn in March 2018
ISLAMABAD: The highest year-on-year growth in a month was reached in March 2018, when the exports for the month reached $2,230 million,...
Bidding for QASPL privatisation delayed
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government, amid the ongoing NAB investigation and audit objections by AGPR, has delayed the bidding process of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Ltd....
Market Daily: KSE 100 index drops 107.56 pts from previous close
LAHORE: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw bears coming back in action as indices traded range bound. Excitement over the tax reforms seemed...
Top hierarchy of FBR patronising ‘corrupt’ officials from Customs Intelligence
ISLAMABAD: The issue of good governance is again surfacing in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as the high ups are protecting the...
Exports surge by 13.14pc, trade deficit widens by 17.3pc in first 9 months
KARACHI: The country’s exports have enhanced by 13.14 per cent in first nine-months of the current fiscal year to $17.081 billion, as...
Over Rs295 mn released for Revenue Division projects
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has so far released Rs295.239 million for various ongoing and new projects for the Revenue Division under the...
Iran planning to increase electricity exports to Afghanistan, Pakistan
TEHRAN: Iran is considering plans to increase electricity exports on Afghanistan and Pakistan by linking its power grid to the countries.
“Given the fact that neighbouring countries, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan,...
Tax amnesty scheme is an exercise in futility: experts
ISLAMABAD: Terming it an unwise decision of the government to introduce the tax amnesty at a time when the ruling party is going...
Engro Foods committed to its motto of “Nourishing through Nature”
SAHIWAL: Engro Foods Limited (EFL) has established its credibility in Pakistan in a short span of ten years and this credibility has attracted foreign investors...
Health Ministry asks policy review of reducing cigarette prices to save lives
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the claim of the local tobacco industry about the market share of non-duty paid/illicit cigarette brands, a study has...
SECP proposes tax exemption for overseas Pakistanis to boost investment
KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has put forward a series of tax-related recommendations to boost investment in the...