Current account deficit expands by 50 pc

KARACHI: The current account deficit in the first nine months of 2017-18 has amounted to $12 billion, up 50.5 per cent from...

Miftah to present budget as Rana Afzal gets sidelined 

ISLAMABAD: Contrary to reports that the State Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Rana Afzal Khan, will present the budget for being...

FBR to miss revenue collection target by a wide margin

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has not been able to achieve the revenue target it set for the current Fiscal Year 2017-18,...

NADRA to give FBR a list of 1 mn individuals liable to pay tax: Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Though experts question the moral authority of the government to present the 6th budget, an announcement by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government...

Adaption to technology to generate greater tax revenues: Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs Miftah Ismail, while talking to a private news channel, has said...

NAB officers alleged of involvement in corruption cases

ISLAMABAD: Some officers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) are allegedly involved in the unlawful intervention in the ongoing investigation on cases...

Short-termism impedes progress of world’s poorest people: UN report

NEW YORK: The prospects of around 800 million of the world’s poorest people remain dire. The global economy is experiencing a moderate upturn,...

NAB summons 19 Customs Intelligence officials in Hino trucks auction case

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan has summoned nineteen officials of Customs Directorate of Investigation and Intelligence Quetta in the case...

Tough times for ‘unregistered persons’ by FBR in new audit policy

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to give tough time to an unregistered person in the new audit policy 2017. The...

Shehbaz terms taxes as a national obligation

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that payment of taxes was a national obligation whereas government was responsible...

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...

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...

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...

Federal Committee on agriculture to set targets for crops on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) will meet here on April 10 (Tuesday) to review the Rabi crops production and fix the targets...

Data of tax evaders to be provided to FBR within thirty days: Miftah

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs, Miftah Ismail has said the data of tax evaders would be...