SOT Events 2024 concludes in Karachi: Alumni of Beaconhouse School honoured with awards KARACHI: Alumni of Beaconhouse School were honoured with awards in various categories for their outstanding... Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am
Opinion Moving the capital back to Karachi To save Jinnah’s Pakistan, voices are being raised to move the capital back to his city from where the journey had... Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:52am
Business & Finance Tax expert proposes Karachi as country’s capital KARACHI: Expressing his resentment over the lack of civic facilities in Karachi, former chairman of the Federal ... Published 30 Jun, 2024 02:58am
Print Non-performing bank loans: Finance bill proposes amendments in 7th Schedule ISLAMABAD: Finance Bill 2024 has proposed amendments in Seventh Schedule (Banking Schedule) of the Income Tax... Updated 24 Jun, 2024 08:47am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Miftah Ismail is the new Shabbar Zaidi? “Prime Minister and his band of merry cabinet members are off to China and I think this may be an appropriate time... Published 05 Jun, 2024 06:41am
Print Ultimate beneficial ownership: Requirements more stringent in income tax law than corporate one: expert ISLAMABAD: The requirements of ultimate beneficial ownership as laid down in the Income Tax law are more stringent... Updated 28 Oct, 2023 09:49am
Print Recovery of CVT under Finance Act 2022: Taxmen’s orders are without jurisdiction: former FBR chief ISLAMABAD: All the orders passed by the taxation officers/Inland Revenue officers for the recovery of Capital Value... Updated 24 Oct, 2023 09:38am
Business & Finance Tax expert accused of harming reputation of FBR officers LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Deputy Commissioner Ali Saleh Hayat Kalyar has sent a legal notice to... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Print Original utility connection holders: Energy firms asked to collect tax data on CNIC basis ISLAMABAD: The Reforms and Resource Mobilisation Commission (RRMC) has recommended electricity/gas companies to... Updated 14 May, 2023 10:11am
Business & Finance Foreign companies: expert explains SECP’s steps ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has taken major measures to facilitate foreign... Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am
Pakistan Country being steered towards stability: minister ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said the... Published 11 Apr, 2023 03:44am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Shehbaz yet to defy his elder brother “Ishaq Dar has DOG.” “I don’t think so - I mean if he had a pet we would have known right!” “How would... Updated 18 Mar, 2023 06:48am
Print Industries/sectors earning over Rs300m: SC directs payment of 4pc super tax within a week ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has directed the industries/sectors earning income above Rs300 ... Updated 24 Feb, 2023 08:50am
Print Imposition of 10pc WHT on sale of shares: Expert identifies ‘serious’ legal flaws in proposed provision of bill ISLAMABAD: There are serious legal flaws in the proposed provision of the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 on... Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am
Business & Finance In bid to enhance recovery, FBR speeds up issuing of notices to taxpayers LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sped up issuing of notices to taxpayers to enhance recovery efforts ... Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:58am
Pakistan Caretaker govt to be formed by March, says Shabbar KARACHI: Former chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi claimed Tuesday that a caretaker setup... Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Caretaker setup may be in place? “The difference between an individual decision maker and an institution is that the former focuses only on Plan A... Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Print Notice issued to Shabbar withdrawn on FTO’s order ISLAMABAD: The timely intervention of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has resulted in the withdrawal of an illegal... Updated 30 Dec, 2022 08:42am
Print Assets declared under two statutes not subject to CVT: expert ISLAMABAD: Former chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi Friday said that assets declared... Updated 29 Oct, 2022 09:46am
Pakistan Revoke FTAs to tackle current account deficit: Shabbar Zaidi Recommends imposing 10-year economic emergency in Pakistan Published 15 Oct, 2022 11:06pm
Business & Finance Tax expert criticises ‘overstaffed’ FBR ISLAMABAD: Former chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi has said that the FBR is collecting most of... Updated 19 Sep, 2022 09:24am
Print Expert for enforcing tax writ firmly ISLAMABAD: Former chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi categorically said that the government has ... Updated 29 Aug, 2022 09:47am
Pakistan ZU holds interactive debate on economic problems, solutions KARACHI: Ziauddin University presented the 13th interactive series of ZU Dialogues, on “Pakistan’s Economic... Published 09 Jul, 2022 03:57am
Business & Finance Finance bill 2022: Fundamental policy for IPPs changed, points out tax expert ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has placed a time limitation on the income tax exemption of the power... Published 22 Jun, 2022 05:58am
Business & Finance Three major revenue measures may be challenged in court: Shabbar ISLAMABAD: Three major revenue measures (direct taxes) of the Finance Bill, 2022, having accumulated revenue impact... Published 16 Jun, 2022 06:55am
Print Above Rs50,000 purchase: Shabbar Zaidi concerned at likely withdrawal of CNIC condition ISLAMABAD: Former Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi has expressed serious concern over the... Updated 09 May, 2022 09:43am
Pakistan Allegations of favouring six big companies: PAC accepts FBR’s ‘clean chit’ to Shabbar Zaidi’s response ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), on Thursday, accepted the response of the Federal Board of Revenue... Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am
BR Research IPP WHT revision: good move, poor optics? In a summary moved to ECC, the government has sought approval to reduce the WHT on IPPs under 2015 policy for ... Published 11 Feb, 2022 08:17am
Print Purported favour to 6 big firms: FBR gives its ex-chairman Zaidi a clean chit ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR),Thursday, gave a clean chit to the former chairman FBR and top... Updated 11 Feb, 2022 09:47am
Print Foreign investors operating in EPZ: FBR ‘inadvertently’ withdraws tax exemption ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has inadvertently withdrawn sales tax exemption to the foreign... Updated 18 Jan, 2022 09:45am