Tax amnesty scheme politically motivated: ICST
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (ICST) on Monday criticized the recently-announced tax amnesty scheme terming it politically motivated.
The decision amounts to punishing honest...
Chairman standing committee FPCCI demands amendment in tax
ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee Federation of Pakistan Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Chairman Khalid Jahangir Butt has demanded to bring amendments in the policies of...
Bosnia great destination for Pak businessmen: envoy
LAHORE: Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sakib Foric said on Monday that Bosnia was a small but developed country and provided a road to...
Investment Boards of Sindh, Balochistan agree to work together
KARACHI:Â The heads of the boards of investment of Sindh and Balochistan agreed to form a Joint Marketing and Project Development Strategy to work jointly...
UN women delegation calls on Anusha, discuss women economic empowerment
ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation of UN Women led by UN Women Pakistan country representative Jamshed Qazi, called on Minister of State for IT and...
Punjab’s 3600 mw RLNG-run power plants fail to produce required electricity
ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s 3600 mw RLNG-run power plants have so far failed to produce the required electricity due to which billions of rupees worth LNG...
Pakistan’s real economy is performing well: IPR report
LAHORE: Pakistan's real economy is performing well with favorable signs for GDP growth rate, inflation, consumption and private sector economic activities. This was stated...
Pakistan signs two MoUs with China for gas pipeline, oil refinery
SANYA: Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and PowerChina Limited's Vice President Li Yanming, on Monday witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of...
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 conference titled...
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 (CPEC).
Lahore Chamber...
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 ordinance to...
Finance ministry to consider tax proposals related to IT and Telecom sector
ISLAMABAD:Â Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Miftah Ismail has said that the annual budget related proposals for IT and telecommunications sectors will...
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. (QASPL), while...
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 Public Sector...
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, need electricity,...
