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Business & Finance

Old cars’ import: PM directs FBR to curb misuse of baggage scheme

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to place appropriate checks...

Published 09 Jun, 2024 03:10am

Pakistan

PPP legislator chairs session despite Deputy Chairman Senate’s presence

ISLAMABAD: In an unusual move, a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) legislator, Friday, presided over the maiden sitting ...

Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:00am

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FD agrees to provide Rs1.2trn for FY25 PSDP

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has agreed to provide Rs1.2 trillion for the next fiscal year Public Sector...

Updated 08 Jun, 2024 08:53am

Opinion

Budget: rationalise taxation

On the eve of another ritual exercise of announcing federal budget, official date has yet to be finalised, expected...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

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Govt to release budget on June 12th, later than expected

Decision taken in a consultative meeting of parliamentary leaders and chief whips of various political parties

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:02am

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WHT on cash withdrawals: PM rejects another key revenue step of FBR

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected another key revenue measure of the Federal Board of Revenue...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 12:54pm

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Jul-Mar period: Provinces’ spending jumps 23pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The provinces’ development spending under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) during the first...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 09:43am

Editorials

The pressing need for tax reforms

EDITORIAL: That Pakistan’s moribund tax structure is in urgent need of a comprehensive overhaul is a reality that...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am

Markets

Asset classes: PSX urges govt to remove tax-driven distortions

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has proposed to the federal government to remove the tax-driven distortions...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

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NA budget session begins today

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly budget 2024-25 session will be held today (Thursday). President Asif Ali Zardari...

Updated 06 Jun, 2024 08:39am

Opinion

Welcome increase in exports

It is heartening to note that the country’s exports increased by 10.65 per cent ($2.702 billion) to $28.070 ...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

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FBR finalises revised GST schedules for budget

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has finalised revised sales tax schedules, ie, Sixth Schedule...

Updated 06 Jun, 2024 08:40am

Markets

Budget 2024-25: PSX proposes tax reforms to boost capital market

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday submitted its proposals to the government for the upcoming budget,...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 09:50pm

Pakistan

FD revises upward IBC for HEC

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has upward revised the Indicative Budget Ceilings (IBC) for the Higher Education...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:47am

Pakistan

FAPUASA holds rally against cut in higher education budget

LAHORE: On the call of the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA), a protest...

Published 05 Jun, 2024 07:38am

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AGPR, other offices: FD clarifies funds authorisation strategy

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has asked all the offices including the Auditor General of Pakistan Revenue (AGPR)...

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 09:36am

Business & Finance

Upcoming budget: SIFC should advocate 26pc rise in tobacco taxes: SPARC

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has requested the Special Investment...

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 07:13am

Opinion

Low taxation of property

The recent revelation of massive investment in property by Pakistanis in Dubai of over $11 billion has not only...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Pakistan

GB CM, Aurangzeb discuss federal budget

ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Gulbar Khan called on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Editorials

The PM’s visit to China

EDITORIAL: The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zeidong, recently stated that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s...

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 06:50am

Business & Finance

Govt urged to unveil ‘people-friendly’ budget

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

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Contractual obligations, rollovers, loans: PM’s China visit aims at getting a breathing space

Sources say PM hopes to secure Chinese cooperation in agriculture, information technology, energy, and alternative energy under CPEC

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:41am

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SBP likely to lower policy rate: S&P GMI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s headline inflation rate declined for the fifth consecutive month to 11.8 per cent in May and...

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:22am

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Final date for federal budget yet to be decided

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Secretariat has formulated a tentative schedule for the budget session likely to be...

Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:22am

Business & Finance

FY25 budget: Pension tax proposal dropped

ISLAMABAD: The government has dropped a major budget proposal to tax pensions in 2024-25. It is learnt that the...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Business & Finance

Finance Bill to amend Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024

ISLAMABAD: Finance Bill 2024 would amend Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024 to deal with emerging legal issues being...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Opinion

Budget: govt between a rock and a hard place

Contrary to earlier reports that the budget for next fiscal year will be presented to parliament on the 7June it is...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

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Export-oriented sectors: MoC advocates concessional power tariff

Says key industrial export sectors of Pakistan struggling to recover and gain lost share in global markets

Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:35am

Business & Finance

FD setting dollar value at Rs295: Traders likely to experience additional currency depreciation: PBF

LAHORE: The Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has warned that the business community is likely to experience additional...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

Editorials

An MNC’s warning and FDI troubles

EDITORIAL: In a highly troubling development, one of the oldest multinational companies (MNCs) operating in the...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am