Hafeez Shaikh urges FBR to strive for optimal resource mobilisation
'Robust communication with public and stakeholders should be at the centre of every activity undertaken by FBR'
FPCCI laments decline in private sector credit
KARACHI:Â Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Engr Daroo Khan Achakzai has shown his serious concern over the decline...
ICCI stresses need to facilitate industrial zones
ISLAMABAD:Â Developed countries had achieved fast economic growth by setting up industrial zones, but industrial activities in Islamabad were suffering at the hands...
Joint committee formed to deliberate ML-1 financing: Chinese envoy
Yao Jing urges journalists to negate western media’s propaganda against CPEC, says projects being executed as per plan
NFC agrees to finalise 9th Award by Dec 31
LAHORE: The 9th National Finance Commission has agreed to make efforts to finalise the NFC Award by December 31 this year.
A meeting...
NA panel directs FBR to take revenue enhancing measures
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue, on Tuesday, directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to take further measures to increase...
ADB promotes innovation, efficiency to bolster anti-corruption efforts
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is promoting innovation and efficiency to enhance its anti-corruption efforts by streamlining case management and expediting...
SBP’s initiatives to help keep businesses afloat: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the incentives announced by the State Bank of Pakistan for businesses are part of the...
Asian markets extend gains on glimmers of hope in coronavirus fight
Equities rose again Tuesday as investors seized on signs of a slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus in key hot spots...
FM Qureshi, Chinese envoy discuss CPEC progress
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
During the...
NA body directs FBR to expedite payment of refund claims
--Exporters say 'won't be able to continue their businesses owing to refund payments stuck with FBR'
--FBR official claims 'only those cases are...
NDMA gets Rs5bn ‘emergency grant’ to fight coronavirus
'The amount shall be utilised to ensure the provision of different types of personal protection equipment against COVID-19'
Revenue target of Rs 5.1 trillion likely to be set for upcoming fiscal year
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to set the revenue collection target at Rs5,100 billion for next fiscal year...
Senate committee rejects report on DISCOs’ losses
ISLAMABAD: The Senate's Sub-Committee on Power rejected on Friday the figures presented by the distribution companies (DISCOs) regarding improvement in annual losses,...
IMF’s Lagarde says market swings aren’t worrying, but wants reforms
DUBAI: Sharp swings in global financial markets in the past few days are not worrying since economic growth is strong but reforms...