ECC likely to remove duties on selected textile sector items
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet is likely to give approval of removing additional customs and regulations duties on selected...
PM’s poultry project in full swing
ISLAMABAD: Following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of helping people generate subsistence at grass-root level through the backyard poultry program, the Islamabad...
SECP serves notices to eight officials for data leak
KARACHI: The Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has served show-cause notices to eight officials involved in a data leakage.
Sources said that...
Petrol pump owners lament heavy fines, forced closures
PESHAWAR: Petrol pump owners and dealers have resented the imposition of heavy fines, sealing of petrol pumps, and torture of staffs due...
Lack of finance halts ADP projects of KP govt
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) industry department, through the Annual Development Program (ADP), allocated Rs1.65 billion for five major projects in the current...
IMF urges Pakistan to further cap limits on short-term borrowings
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking to further the constraints on short-term borrowings for filling the budgetary gap arising from the...
All-out efforts underway to reform system of subsidies: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it is the top priority of the government to ensure that subsidies provided by...
Cabinet likely to allow issuance of fresh adverts for OGRA chairman’s slot
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has asked the federal cabinet to select Member (Oil) from the recommended panel, and allow the issuance of...
‘Video surveillance equipment’ made mandatory for manufacturers
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for manufacturers to install "intelligent video analytics" at their premises so as...
Sindh to face 300mmcfd gas shortage in winter: SSGC
Sindh will face a severe gas crisis during the upcoming winter season, a spokesperson of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) said on...
KP CM orders to expedite work on communication sector projects
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan has directed the authorities of communication and works department to expedite work on all...
Justice Isa’s wife given Rs35m penalty by FBR
Sarina Isa, the wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa, has been handed a Rs35 million penalty by the Federal Board of Revenue...
Reko Diq stay order a big relief for Pakistan: Asim Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that the Reko Diq stay order by...
PM Imran paid Rs282,449 in taxes, reveals FBR 2018 directory
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi remained highest taxpayer with Rs241.3m, while Shehbaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari paid Rs9.73m and Rs2.89m in taxes, respectively
Turkey offers to launch tram service in Karachi
KARACHI: Turkey has offered to launch tram service in the port city on Thursday.
Turkish Consul General Tolga Ucak called on Administrator Iftikhar...