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Harmful taxation of IT/telecom sectors

ARTICLE: The Pakistan telecom sector contributes steady inflow of heavy tax collections under major heads like...

Published 28 Aug, 2020 02:02am

Opinion

Taxation hindering investment

ARTICLE: This survey shows that international and national evidence points out that taxation and growth are...

Published 21 Aug, 2020 03:10am

Opinion

Independence Day considerations

ARTICLE: Today we are celebrating 73rd Independence Day with a hope that the new government, after two years in...

Published 14 Aug, 2020 03:15am

Opinion

FBR's quest for reforms, modernisation

ARTICLE: "We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify ...

Published 07 Aug, 2020 02:45am

Editorials

Allama Iqbal on equitable taxation

EDITORIAL: In this article, we are highlighting the ideas of the great thinker, philosopher and poet, Allama ...

Published 31 Jul, 2020 02:42am

Markets

Malaise of mounting debt

ARTICLE: The central government's debt, excluding its liabilities, increased to Rs 34.48 trillion by the end of May...

Published 24 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Unpaid refunds

ARTICLE: "The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the...

Published 17 Jul, 2020 02:53am

Opinion

Finance Act 2020: Lack of initiatives & innovations - II

ARTICLE: The existing system imposes high taxes but yields low revenues. Only 2000 companies pay 75% of total taxes....

Published 10 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Markets

Finance Act 2020: Lack of initiatives & innovations - I

ARTICLE: The adoption of the Finance Bill 2020 on June 29, 2020 and exceeding the target by the Federal Board of...

Published 03 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Analysing 'tax expenditure'

ARTICLE: "We don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments'...

Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Opinion

Finance Bill 2020: Muzzling right to justice

In the Finance Bill 2020, presented along with federal budget 2020-21, a highly lamentable-rather unconstitutional...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Opinion

Budget 2020-21: Illicit trade in tobacco products - II

ARTICLE: "...19.1 percent of Pakistani population, which includes 31.8 percent of men and 5.8 percent of women,...

Published 12 Jun, 2020 03:07am

Opinion

Budget 2020-21: Illicit trade in tobacco products - I

ARTICLE: This is the first part of a two-part series on how to counter illicit trade in tobacco products, recoup...

Updated 13 Jun, 2020 09:50am

Opinion

Budgets 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis - III: Fiscal challenges and 18th Amendment

The failure to tap the actual tax potential by the federal and provincial governments is the real issue and not the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 [hereinafter "18th Amendment"] vis-à-vis the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award. Dismal

Updated 21 Jun, 2020 01:38pm

Opinion

Budgets 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis - II: Need for paradigm shift

In the present circumstances, in the forthcoming federal budget, the need for a fair and simple tax system, as elaborate in Towards Flat, Low-rate, Broad and Predictable Taxes [PRIME Institute, 2016] and referred to in PIDE Policy Viewpoint [16:2020] Doin

Published 22 May, 2020 12:03am

Opinion

Budgets 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis-I: Revival, growth and revenues

"If we were to construe Entry 52 of the Legislative List keeping in view the above meanings of the expression "in lieu of", it becomes evident that the Legislature has the option instead of invoking Entry 47 for imposing taxes on income, it can impose the

Published 15 May, 2020 12:05am

Opinion

FBR: audit closure, capacity & legality

According to a Press report, the government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) "has quietly closed over 310,000 tax audit cases that had been automatically selected from 2015 to 2017 due to the failure of taxpayers to timely file tax returns and pay due ta

Published 08 May, 2020 12:05am

Opinion

Covid-19: economic & tax reliefs

Pakistan is facing the brunt of Coronavirus outbreak as the country is in a partial lock down. This has had a negative impact on businesses. Initial estimates show that the economy will witness sluggish growth in services, manufacturing and agriculture se

Published 01 May, 2020 12:54am

Opinion

A simple tax bailout

As mentioned in the last column [Tax bailout for economic revival, Business Recorder, April 17, 2020], all businesses-badly hit by lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 epidemic and due to sluggish economic activities, high utility bills and markup rate-are de

Published 24 Apr, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Tax bailout for economic revival

According to various Press reports, all businesses in Pakistan, as elsewhere, badly hit by lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 epidemic, are demanding a comprehensive tax bailout claiming that loan facility announced by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to pay sa

Published 17 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 21	70.60
Petrol/Litre / Nov 22	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 22 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 22 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 22 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 22 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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