CDNS offers less tax to customers receiving up to Rs0.5m profit

ISLAMABAD: People deriving profit less than Rs500,000 on national saving schemes are required to provide a certificate in order to get reduced...

LPG price increased by Rs10.3 per kg

ISLAMABAD: After back-to-back increases in fuel prices, the poor consumers are now faced with another setback, as Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority...

PM approves solarisation of tubewells to facilitate Balochistan farmers

Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the solarisation of tubewells to facilitate farmers and growers in Balochistan, Radio Pakistan reported. The decision was...

FBR mulls penalty on sugar mills over noncompliance with VAS

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is mulling to issue penalty notices to sugar mills that have failed to install video...

PIA issues travel advisory for passengers travelling to Saudi Arabia

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) issued a travel advisory for visitors to Saudi Arabia on Saturday and directed passengers to fill the new...
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Pakistan to receive 17m vaccine doses from COVAX by June: Asad Umar

Planning Minister and National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) head Asad Umar on Saturday broke a good news that COVAX has indicated...

FBR issues draft rules for clearance of import, export consignments

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday issued draft rules for the clearance of import and export consignments at border customs...

Parliamentary body outlays seven-year agricultural growth strategy

‘The overarching objective is to achieve agriculture growth rate of 7.5pc per annum by FY2027-28 through integrated market-based value chains’

KP traders lament imposition of visa condition on Afghanistan-bound transporters

PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has expressed concern over the imposition of a new visa/passport condition on drivers...

President Alvi directs FBR to recover Rs14.4m in bogus tax refunds case

Dr Alvi upholds FTO's decision against the irregularities committed by FBR field formations in registering, processing, sanctioning and issuing sales tax refunds to fake registered persons during 2012-13

Pakistan to receive 500,000 doses of Chinese vaccine on Sunday, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of the Parliament was informed on Friday that the federal cabinet has approved $1.5 billion agreements that were...

Pilot, five CAA officers arrested in fake licence scandal

A pilot and five officers of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the pilots'...

OGRA proposes up to Rs12 hike in fuel prices

ISLAMABAD: The prices of petroleum products in Pakistan are likely to go up yet again from February 1, as the Oil and...

OGRA determines gas price at Rs778.59 per mmbtu for SSGC

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has increased gas price for consumers of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) by...

EXIM Bank of Korea to provide $49m loan for Chakdara–Timergarah Road

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the EXIM Bank of Korea have signed a $49.045 million loan agreement for construction of the Chakdara–Timergarah Road (section-I). Economic Affairs...