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Sohail Sarfraz

Business & Finance

Jul-Dec tax collection: FBR surpasses target

The Federal Board of Revenue creates history by collecting Rs1,021 billion in December

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 09:39am

Non-filers: FBR to initiate punitive actions next month: chairman

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Amjed Zubair Tiwana Saturday said the blocking of mobile phone...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 09:50am

Business & Finance

ATIR Lahore explains how foreign companies should approach

ISLAMABAD: The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) Lahore has unanimously held that the foreign companies have...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am

Forging ST returns of registered taxpayers: FTO directs FBR to take action against hackers

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to take action against...

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 03:14pm

Beneficial owners of companies: PTBA urges FBR to extend deadline

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has approached the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend date...

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 10:12am

Audit selection process for TY11 was transparent: FBR Member

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Audit has declared that the audit selection process through...

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 02:54pm

Business & Finance

FD Outlook misreports FBR collection data

ISLAMABAD: December Monthly Economic Update and Outlook, Finance Division publication, misreported the Federal Board...

Updated 29 Dec, 2023 02:25pm

Pakistan

SECP report says only 9.5pc farmers insured in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Only 9.5 percent farmers are insured in Pakistan out of the total population of farmers of 8.2 million....

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

‘Notices to deceased persons’: PTBA urges FBR to upgrade its system

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tax Bar Association of Pakistan (PTBA) has asked Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to upgrade its...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

‘Simultaneous’ probe of same taxpayer: IHC seeks explanation from FBR

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to explain that how different...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 08:53am

Business & Finance

Customs department: FBR announces major reforms

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced major reforms in the customs department to upgrade and...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am

Pakistan

Network of mobile phone smugglers, dealers detected

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has detected a nationwide network of mobile phone smugglers and dealers who with...

Published 27 Dec, 2023 05:15am

Number of active taxpayers reaches 5.3m mark

ISLAMABAD: The number of active taxpayers (ATL) has reached 5.3 million as on December 26, 2023. It is learnt that...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 09:53am

Crop, livestock: SECP says there’s notable absence of insurance schemes

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has observed that there is a notable absence of...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 09:24am

Business & Finance

‘Nil’ filing of tax returns: FTO asks FBR to conduct detailed audit of a medical college

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct a detailed audit...

Published 27 Dec, 2023 05:15am

Agri insurance pool may act as risk aggregator: SECP

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has recommended that an agricultural insurance...

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 09:26am

Salaam Takaful, Syngenta Pakistan pilot crop insurance programme in Punjab

Business & Finance

Starts a countrywide survey of business and commercial units for registration of non-filers

Updated 25 Dec, 2023 05:56pm

FBR issues procedure for vendors, others to obtain licences for online businesses

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a procedure for the vendors/integrated enterprises intended...

Updated 24 Dec, 2023 09:58am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 2	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 2	278.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 2	156.70
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 2	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 2	1.25
Euro to USD / Jan 2	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	5,881.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Jan 1	19,310.79
Dow Jones / Jan 1	42,544.22
India Sensex / Jan 2	79,764.68
Hang Seng / Jan 2	19,586.19
FTSE 100 / Jan 2	8,177.07
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 2	19,923.95

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	241,773.70
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 2	71.98
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 2	2,635.56
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 2	68.76
Petrol/Litre / Jan 3	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Siddiqsons Tin / Jan 2 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	6.66 ▲ 0.80 (13.65%)
Escorts Bank / Jan 2 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.85 ▲ 0.80 (13.22%)
Tri-Star Power / Jan 2 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	5.87 ▲ 0.63 (12.02%)
Ittefaq Iron Ind / Jan 2 Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited(ITTEFAQ)	9.47 ▲ 1.00 (11.81%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 2 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	47.69 ▲ 4.34 (10.01%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	79.20 ▲ 7.20 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Jan 2 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	629.66 ▲ 57.24 (10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Jan 2 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	217.42 ▲ 19.77 (10.00%)
Exide (PAK) / Jan 2 Exide Pakistan Limited(EXIDE)	889.49 ▲ 80.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Prudential Mod. / Jan 2 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	2.97 ▼ -0.72 (-19.51%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 2 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.90 ▼ -3.10 (-10.00%)
Frontier Ceram / Jan 2 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	34.76 ▼ -3.86 (-9.99%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 2 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	108.10 ▼ -11.97 (-9.97%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 2 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	78.60 ▼ -8.62 (-9.88%)
National Silk / Jan 2 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50 ▼ -5.44 (-9.81%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jan 2 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	37.41 ▼ -4.04 (-9.75%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 2 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.36 ▼ -3.53 (-8.85%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 2 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.51 ▼ -0.51 (-8.47%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 2 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	88,905,675 ▲ 0.88
Cnergyico PK / Jan 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	71,999,946 ▼ -0.11
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	71,859,219 ▲ 0.03
Pak Int.Bulk / Jan 2 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	62,831,962 ▼ -0.20
Telecard Limited / Jan 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	60,523,518 ▲ 0.72
B.O.Punjab / Jan 2 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	45,412,470 ▼ -0.17
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 2 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	41,276,943 ▲ 0.26
Pak Elektron / Jan 2 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,978,834 ▲ 0.11
Aisha Steel Mill / Jan 2 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	33,731,868 ▼ -0.39

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