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Syed Shabbar Zaidi

Opinion

Concealment of income, FATF compliance: Improvements in tax administration required

In this last article of a multi-part series of articles I will discuss the improvements required in tax...

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:45am

Opinion

Concealment of income and unexplained assets

This is the third part of a multi-part series of articles on the subject of concealment of income, anti-money...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

Anti-money laundering law and concealment of income liable to tax

In the first part of this series of articles on anti-money laundering (AML) laws it has been demonstrated that the...

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am

Opinion

Understanding the AML law

Last month, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that Pakistan would continue to remain on its grey ...

Published 07 Jul, 2021 04:28am

Opinion

Budget: identifying defects and proposing corrections

The Federal Budget was presented on June 12 which was followed by the provincial budgets. Pakistan is a Federation...

Published 30 Jun, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

Towards an end to tax harassment

On the basis of my thirty years of tax practice I can assure you that the abuse of the under-mentioned three lines...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

Budget: Out-of-the-box actions

In the following paragraphs I will only discuss three major proposals in the proposed Finance Bill, 2021, two of...

Published 17 Jun, 2021 03:27am

Business & Finance

Federal Budget 2021-22: Comments & Observations

General Comments: The Budget Presented on Friday [June 11, 2021] is one of the best documents presented in almost...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Opinion

We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system — III

Introduction This is the third part of a series of articles on the subject ‘We seem to have no understanding of...

Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am

Opinion

We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system — II

• Reducing tax collection reliance at import stage INTRODUCTION In my article published in this newspaper on ...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system

Introduction I never wanted to write the following article for the simple reason that there isn’t anything good ...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Free media and trust in state’s commitment to confidentiality of information: Dangerous disequilibrium

The country appears to have been facing a disequilibrium or an imbalance between free media and state’s commitment...

Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:29am

Opinion

MLIs: Notes on underlying concepts — II

Illustrations of Manner of Operation of MLI We give in the following paragraphs four illustrations of the manner ...

Published 22 Apr, 2021 03:55am

Opinion

MLIs: Notes on underlying concepts

Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)...

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:21am

Opinion

Correction or collection?

The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government is trapped in the dilemma of ‘correction or collection’ especially...

Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:31am

Opinion

What should be better, fairer approach to asset declarations?

I wrote an article almost two months ago when draft rules were issued for the asset declaration law. I am happy to...

Published 07 Apr, 2021 03:48am

Business & Finance

Public misconceptions about SBP bill

In the following paragraphs I will be dilating on the subject of the role of various stakeholders with respect to...

Published 29 Mar, 2021 06:05am

Opinion

Privatisation of Discos: A dream that will never come true

It is my considered view that the decision to expedite the process of privatization of Discos is a dream that will...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Opinion

Tax exemptions withdrawal bill: an expert opinion

General A commentary on the economic and financial rationale for the actions proposed to be undertaken by way of...

Published 17 Mar, 2021 04:45am

Opinion

FDI: under-developed, developing economies

A report in press based on facts that during the current period the amount of dividend remitted out of Pakistan on...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 21	76,270.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,027.98
Hang Seng / Jan 21	20,098.89
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,529.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	20,988.55

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	77.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,724.49
Diesel/Litre / Jan 21	260.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 21 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.60 ▲ 1.00 (11.63%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.54 ▲ 0.34 (10.62%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	11.30 ▲ 1.03 (10.03%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	10.98 ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
Globe Residency / Jan 21 Globe Residency REIT(GRR)	17.36 ▲ 1.58 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	25.06 ▲ 2.28 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 21 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	35.65 ▲ 3.24 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 21 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	671.22 ▲ 61.02 (10.00%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 21 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	108.90 ▲ 9.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	45.21 ▼ -5.02 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.62 ▼ -1.62 (-8.88%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 21 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	64.32 ▼ -6.22 (-8.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9 ▼ -0.81 (-8.26%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jan 21 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	5.10 ▼ -0.43 (-7.78%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 21 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	23.05 ▼ -1.94 (-7.76%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 21 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	226.01 ▼ -18.99 (-7.75%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	526 ▼ -43.96 (-7.71%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 21 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	13 ▼ -1.03 (-7.34%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,866,059 ▲ 0.44
Bank Makramah / Jan 21 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,297,556 ▲ 0.05
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,182,488 ▼ -0.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,473,543 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Cement / Jan 21 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	51,882,881 ▲ 0.34
Hascol Petrol / Jan 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,273,766 ▼ -0.39
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 21 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,353,008 ▼ -1.60
Dewan Motors / Jan 21 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	22,896,108 ▼ -5.02
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 21 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,890,802 ▼ -1.62

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