The domestic metering industry is up in arms against the ministry of power division's move of floating $1 billion Asian Development Bank-funded tender for smart metering project, saying it will kill the local meter industry.

A latest transfers and postings order has irked employees at the State Life Insurance Corporation as they believe that the said order has been issued while keeping chairman of the Corporation into dark about the officers who benefited from it.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) intelligensia is not fair with the government on its reform agenda, said the Board sources. "The FBR intelligensia is not in favour of reforms and managing status quo through bureaucratic tactics," they said, adding: "Th

The corporate sector is least bothered about tax reforms, to be introduced by the government, and manages tax avoidance with the help of experienced teams of Chartered Accountants and tax practitioners, said sources. Official sources from the regional off

The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is conducting technical evaluation of the financial bid of Descon-China Gezhouba joint venture for Rs 309 billion Mohmand Dam in order to materialize mobilization of contractors to the site next month, sai

Mechanism for automatic selection of late filers of tax returns for audit is proving a hard nut to crack for the field staff of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as the taxpayers are facing complications even after the introduction of section 214E in the Inc

For the first time China has shared data of customs shipments with Pakistan, said senior vice president Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig. "Federal Finance Minister Asad Umar has told me during his recent

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) notices to the beneficiaries of amnesty scheme and also to the non-filers paying withholding tax against their transactions has slowed down the business activity in major cities of the province, said business community s

No appointment of regular member (Water) and member (Power) has been made in the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) since last two years, said sources. "The WAPDA has neither a regular member (Water) since last two years nor a regular member (P