Editorials Inflation down MoM EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June dropped by 8.6 percentage points compared to the month before – ... Published 05 Jul, 2023 06:00am
Editorials IMF: We have to pay the price we deserve to pay EDITORIAL: While specific details of precisely what are the prior conditions that the government has agreed to in ... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:45am
Print Risks undermining MTDS targets identified ISLAMABAD: The estimates of key economic indicators are prone to certain risks and vulnerabilities that could cause... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:08am
Print Development: NEC approves ‘megabudget’ ISLAMABAD: In a significant development for the country’s economic landscape, National Economic Council (NEC) held a... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:09am
Print Value of Rs5m or more: 3pc advance tax to be collected on registration of EVs ISLAMABAD: The advance tax at the rate of 3 percent would be collected at the time of registration of electric... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:11am
Opinion ‘Flawed budgetary measures’ This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed ‘Flawed budgetary measures’ carried by the newspaper yesterday. The... Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am
Print Tax on windfall profits: FBR to face legal complications ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will face legal complications to collect new tax on windfall profits... Updated 03 Jul, 2023 08:59am
Print Erstwhile tribal areas: Tax, duty exemption extended by one year ISLAMABAD: The government has granted one-year extension in exemption from duties and taxes for the erstwhile tribal... Updated 03 Jul, 2023 08:55am
Business & Finance PASDEC board member underscores need for promoting mining sector LAHORE: “Trade deficit is a major issue. Import substitution through local production and gradually increasing the... Published 02 Jul, 2023 03:13am
Print Shares transactions of listed cos: Procedure of capital gain on disposal of securities to remain applicable ISLAMABAD: The procedure of capital gain on disposal of securities will remain applicable on transactions of shares... Updated 29 Jun, 2023 03:25pm
Business & Finance Amendments enacted by Finance Act, 2023 vis-à-vis those proposed in Finance Bill 2023–II SALES TAX INCREASE IN RATE OF FURTHER TAX Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:19am
Business & Finance Business community leader urges IMF to unlock bailout KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:19am
Business & Finance Agri and allied engineering sector: FCCI keen to resolve issues at provincial level FAISALABAD: Most of the problems confronted by the agriculture and allied engineering sector are genuine but at this... Published 29 Jun, 2023 04:19am
Print ‘Tax on Deemed Income basis’ on immovable properties: Exemption only for persons appearing on Active Taxpayers’ List ISLAMABAD: The exemption from payment of “Tax on Deemed Income basis” on immovable properties would only be... Updated 28 Jun, 2023 09:00am
Print PL: Hike may not be levied in one go Ministry of Finance officials say concern at this time was creating sufficient fiscal space that would satisfy the IMF Updated 28 Jun, 2023 01:06pm
Business & Finance Erstwhile tribal areas: One-year extension in exemption of taxes withdrawn ISLAMABAD: The Finance Act 2023 has withdrawn one-year extension in exemption from duties and taxes for the ... Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance Amendments enacted by Finance Act, 2023 vis-à-vis those proposed in Finance Bill 2023–I The Federal Government presented Finance Bill, 2023(‘FB’) in the National Assembly on June 9, 2023. After the... Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance Islamabad Capital Territory: FBR to charge 15pc ST on electric power transmission services ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will charge 15 percent sales tax on Electric Power Transmission... Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am
Print Dar says 9th IMF review ‘will be done’ The programme expires on June 30 Updated 28 Jun, 2023 08:58am
Print IMF says govt has taken ‘decisive’ steps ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues discussions with Pakistani authorities with the aim of... Updated 28 Jun, 2023 09:01am
Opinion Trend in key fiscal ratios The consistent series of the GDP with one year, 2015-16, has been estimated and released by the PBS from 1999-2000... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Opinion IMF must release the stalled tranche That the incumbent government has done anything and everything to keep the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in good... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Print Dollar bonds jump on revised budget passage Shorter-dated securities see biggest gains with the 2024 bond adding more than 3 cents before retracing some of the gains Updated 27 Jun, 2023 09:07am
Print Policy rate hiked by100 bps to 22pc KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its emergency meeting held on... Updated 27 Jun, 2023 09:02am
Business & Finance Comments on changes in Finance Bill 2023 General These notes provide comments on the changes proposed in the Finance Bill 2023 by the Finance Minister. This... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Editorials Revised budget: a detailed anatomy EDITORIAL: Federal budget 2023-24 was passed by the National Assembly on Sunday without any meaningful discussion on... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Business & Finance Duties and taxes for erstwhile tribal areas: One-year extension in exemption withdrawn ISLAMABAD: Finance Act 2023 has withdrawn one-year extension in exemption from duties and taxes for the erstwhile... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Business & Finance Budget 2023-24: ‘high earners’ to pay a higher income tax as govt revises rates Budget proposals originally maintained income tax rates before govt amended the Finance Bill Updated 26 Jun, 2023 06:40pm
Business & Finance ‘Plan B’: Govt urged to take nation into confidence KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 26 Jun, 2023 07:56am
Pakistan Balochistan CM asks secretaries to attend budget meeting QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Sunday directed all provincial departments’... Published 26 Jun, 2023 07:17am