MNCs planning to relocate from Pakistan amid Internet disruptions, says PBC The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s leading corporate advocacy platform, warned on Friday that many... Updated 16 Aug, 2024 08:20pm
World US FDA approves Gilead's liver disease drug The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' liver disease treatment, Livdelzi, ... Published 14 Aug, 2024 10:23pm
Business & Finance Jazz CEO outlines several key policy interventions for cashless society ISLAMABAD: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jazz and Chairman Telecom Operators Association Aamir Ibrahim outlined... Published 07 Aug, 2024 05:37am
Business & Finance Pakistan’s incidence of tax on salaried class 3 times higher than India’s: PBC A comparison... Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am
Pakistan PBC apologies for mistake, now says Pakistan’s salaried class paying up to 3 times more tax than in India After posting a detailed chart showing how Pakistan’s salaried class is paying up to 9.4 times more tax than in... Updated 26 Jul, 2024 05:10pm
Markets PBC questions govt’s ambitious $65bn export target The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has raised concerns... Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:27pm
Pakistan Aurangzeb assures ‘favourable outcomes’ for public, business in final budget Finance Division says recommendations being noted and will be considered in finalisation of budget Updated 24 Jun, 2024 10:50pm
Pakistan Imposition of further taxes on salaried group to ‘accelerate brain drain’ in Pakistan: PBC The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate advocacy platform, has warned that the... Updated 20 Jun, 2024 10:42pm
Business & Finance Budget has failed to live up to our expectations: PBC KARACHI: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) here Wednesday said that expecting a single year’s budget to cure all the... Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:22am
Pakistan NA passes four bills amid opposition protest ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly, Monday, passed four bills including “The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation... Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am
Print Categorising PBC as strategic SOE: Ministry seeks Cabinet body on SOEs nod PBC Board also endorses to categorise PBC as a strategic SOE Updated 05 Jun, 2024 09:39am
Business & Finance Budget 2024-25: PBC for documenting economy as per Indian model ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly proposed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to implement... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
Markets Tax proposals: PBC calls for ‘out of box solutions’ The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platforms, has urged... Updated 20 May, 2024 08:06pm
Pakistan PBC calls for the removal of 1% CVT on foreign assets The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has called for the... Updated 17 May, 2024 05:55pm
Pakistan Violence, arrests of lawyers in Lahore: PBC, SCBA give call for nationwide strike today ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have called for a nationwide... Updated 09 May, 2024 09:37am
Editorials Export promotion EDITORIAL: It seems the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) is doing the government’s, especially the commerce... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am
Business & Finance Well-organised documented sectors: PBC urges FBR to rationalise ‘super tax’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to rationalise ‘super... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
Markets Budget proposals: PBC calls for mining FBR data to identify new taxpayers The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has urged the... Updated 02 May, 2024 10:41pm
Print PBC floats 5-year ‘exports charter and imports substitution plan’ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has proposed a five-year exports charter and import substitution plan... Updated 26 Apr, 2024 01:05pm
Print Meddling in judicial affairs in future: IHC judges decide to give ‘institutional response’ ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges, unanimously, decided to give an institutional response in case of... Updated 24 Apr, 2024 09:01am
Print Probe body must comprise sitting judges: PBC ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) demanded that a judicial commission, formed by the Supreme Court,... Updated 06 Apr, 2024 10:06am
Business & Finance Wholesale, retail, real estate sectors: PBC estimates Rs747bn potential annual tax revenue KARACHI: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) estimates potential annual tax revenue of Rs. 747bn from wholesale,... Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am
Markets PBC calls for ‘5-year’ IMF programme in letter to lender PBC believes front loading of targets by IMF stems from the relatively short-term programmes Updated 04 Mar, 2024 08:02pm
Markets Distributors, including delivery services chargeable to Sindh sales tax: SRB Supply chain management and distribution (including delivery) services are chargeable to Sindh sales tax at the rate... Published 01 Mar, 2024 09:11pm
Editorials PBC makes some fair points EDITORIAL: It’s unfortunate that Pakistan Business Council’s (PBC’s) recommendations about generating fairer... Published 12 Feb, 2024 06:25am
Print Restructuring plan of FBR: Taxpayers should be inducted into Policy Board: PBC ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly recommended that the taxpayers (stakeholders) should be... Updated 05 Feb, 2024 09:34am
Markets PBC urges incoming govt to effectively implement FBR restructuring The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate advocacy platforms, has urged the... Updated 31 Jan, 2024 04:20pm
Pakistan PBC elects Executive Committee’s chairman, VC for 2024-25 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) elected Riazat Ali Sahar as its Vice-Chairman and Farooq Hamid Naek as... Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am
Pakistan ‘Judges’ seniority’ PBC asks early hearing of Justice Seth’s petition ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) demanded from the chief justice of Pakistan to fix and decide the petition... Published 21 Jan, 2024 03:10am
Business & Finance Expert says there’re discrepancies in ATLs’ data ISLAMABAD: There is a significant difference in the number of compliant income taxpayers and sales taxpayers... Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am
Capacity-based model transition to take-and-pay model: 24 conditions proposed to strike new deals between govt, IPPs