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Huzaima Bukhari

Opinion

FBR, tax potential & enforcement – II

The real significance is quantum of the incremental tax received due to growth in the number of tax filers. FBR...

Published 07 Mar, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

FBR, tax potential & enforcement — I

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has achieved the target of first eight months (July 2020 to February 2021) of the...

Published 05 Mar, 2021 05:17am

Opinion

There’s need for new tax model

The outdated and oppressive tax structures at federal and provincial levels, wasteful expenses, mounting debt...

Published 26 Feb, 2021 05:20am

Opinion

Tax incentives for NRPs — II

• FBR keeps drafts of proposed laws/amendments “secret”, never making them public and commits blunders when ...

Published 20 Feb, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

Tax incentives for NRPs — I

The coalition government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on February 11, 2021 opted to issue second Presidential...

Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

Challenges: role of NEC & NDC — II

What happened after the maiden meeting of NDC is not made public nor has the progress of projects discussed in the...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

Opinion

Challenges: role of NEC & NDC — I

The biggest challenge faced by the State of Pakistan as defined in Article 7 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Opinion

FBR performance under the spotlight

The present team of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) deserves appreciation for showing noteworthy performance during...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:48pm

Opinion

Constitution and tax codes — II

Justice Ch. Ijaz Ahmad in his separate note in the CIT v Eli Lily (Pvt) Ltd (2009) 100 Tax 81 (S.C. Pak) made the...

Published 30 Jan, 2021 03:55am

Opinion

Constitution and tax codes — I

Every year before the preparation of annual federal budget, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) seeks proposals from...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Opinion

Restructuring the tax system — III

While the FBR under the present economic team has performed excellently under the adverse conditions and despite...

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

Opinion

Restructuring the tax system — II

The PTI Government showed lack of political will to reduce exemptions, concessions, waivers and immunities to the...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Opinion

Restructuring the tax system — I

“If we realise that the FBR cannot be fixed, we will create a new FBR. This is because Pakistan’s survival is...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Opinion

Advance tax, refunds & compensation — III

The PTI Government without waiting for the next budget, through Presidential Order or Finance Supplementary Bill...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Opinion

Advance tax, refunds & compensation — II

In section 171(2)(c) of the Ordinance, it is provided that “in any other case, on the date the refund order is...

Published 16 Jan, 2021 02:56am

Opinion

Advance tax, refunds & compensation — I

A cursory look at the annual year books published by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) after the promulgation of...

Published 15 Jan, 2021 03:16am

Opinion

FATF: challenges & solutions—II

This all is happening when Pakistan is facing a daunting challenge to come out of FATF’s grey list since 2018. The...

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

FATF: challenges & solutions — I

“Since June 2018, when Pakistan made a high-level political commitment to work with the Financial Action Task ...

Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:29am

Opinion

There’s need to remove confusion—III

The pronouncement of the Supreme Court (carried in part-II of this article) clearly says that all the laws related ...

Published 02 Jan, 2021 03:04am

Opinion

There’s need to remove confusion — II

It is strange that Sindh and Punjab Assemblies, while enacting the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund Act, 2014 and Punjab...

Updated 01 Jan, 2021 03:41am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Petrol/Litre / Nov 23	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Diesel/Litre / Nov 23	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 23 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 23 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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