NAB initiates inquiry against OGRA

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has finally swung into action and launched an inquiry against Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) over...

NAB recovers looted money from Double Shah, Elite Housing Scheme

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would concentrate on eliminating corruption from the country without caring about status or position, NAB Chairman Justice Javed...

PM Abbasi shares plans to broaden Pakistan’s tax base

NEW YORK: Pakistan plans to use its national identity database to build profiles of potential taxpayers in a renewed bid to broaden its...

Finance adviser chairs meeting to review progress of development projects

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Miftah Ismail, here on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of various projects...

Sindh in dire need of consumer courts: Hamid Maker

KARACHI: Despite Sindh Assembly approving the Sindh Consumer Protection Act 2014 which was later signed by the governor and gazetted in 2015,...

Punjab finance minister discusses financial matters with Miftah Ismail

ISLAMABAD: Punjab Finance Minister Ayesha Ghaus Pasha had a meeting with Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Miftah Ismail here on Wednesday. The...

Negotiation for revision of Pak-China FTA to start on Wednesday

ISLAMABAD: As China has agreed to resume talks for phase-II of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan to slightly balance the highly imbalanced...

SECP issues additional FAQs for Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) 2017

KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued additional FAQs to Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) 2017 (“the...

Food minister faces embarrassment over issuing unnecessary order at Karachi port

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security and Research Minister Syed Ayaz Ali Shah faced embarrassment when he issued an order asking Plant...

Senate Committee asks FBR to complete inquiries against corrupt officials within a year

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary panel on Friday directed the high ups of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to complete inquiries against corrupt officials...

Omni Group claims it is being politically victimised

ISLAMABAD: Omni group, an industrial, agricultural and service oriented group in Pakistan established in 1999, has claimed that it is being politically...

PM inaugurates Digi Skills programme to train one million youth through online modules

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi inaugurated Digi Skills programme aimed at training one million youth through online modules in Islamabad on Thursday. Addressing...

Bahria Town ‘Clean Karachi’ campaign advances into third week

KARACHI: Bahria Town ‘Clean Karachi’ campaign successfully advanced into the third week of its second phase of cleaning the Korangi district. Bahria Town team...

Government to privatise SME Bank, Mari Petroleum, PSM and PIA

ISLAMABAD: While the opposition parties like Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and others are concerned about government’s move of privatising Pakistan...

FBR constitute fifteen committees to solve alternative dispute resolution cases

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has constituted fifteen committees across the country for alternative dispute resolution cases. FBR constituted a two-member committee in...