Sugar mills: PM orders CCTV surveillance ISLAMABAD: In an effort to crackdown on ‘sugar mafia’ ahead of the sugar crushing season, Prime Minister Shehbaz... Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am
Business & Finance Sugar sector: PM orders crackdown on tax evaders, hoarders Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed authorities including the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Federal... Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:24pm
Print DGTO declares election of central chairman PSMA ‘null and void’ ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Trade Organisations (DGTO) has declared the election of Central Chairman,... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:28am
Print PSMA seeks nod to export more sugar ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has sought government’s permission to export more sugar,... Updated 08 Nov, 2024 09:53am
Pakistan KBP approaches LHC LAHORE: Kissan Board of Pakistan (KBP) has approached the Lahore High Court for a direction against the Punjab... Published 01 Nov, 2024 07:54am
Print $120m earned through export of surplus sugar ISLAMABAD: The country has earned approximately $120 million through the export of surplus sugar, according to the... Updated 31 Oct, 2024 09:36am
Print Govt inks revised deals with 8 bagasse-fired IPPs ISLAMABAD: Following successful negotiated deals with the five Independent Power Producers (IPPs), the Energy Task... Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:09am
Print Sugar export to Tajikistan: SBP asks banks to process transactions KARACHI: Pakistan is set to export 40,000 tons of sugar to Tajikistan under bilateral trade arrangements on a... Updated 19 Oct, 2024 02:55pm
Business & Finance ECC allows additional export of surplus sugar ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet allowed additional export of 0.500 million MT of... Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am
Print Sugar export to Afghanistan: Banks directed to ensure 100pc advance payment Measure aims to enhance transparency and safeguard the timely collection of export payments, particularly in trade with Afghanistan Updated 02 Oct, 2024 03:05pm
BR Research De-regulating the sugar industry: do not drop the ball again The sugar industry is in trouble, but it need not morph into a crisis. Last week, the industry association wrote a... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 01:24pm
BR Research Don’t let the industry use free trade as a ruse! Come late, come safe. Following a clarion call by the IMF to liberalize Pakistan’s farm commodity markets and remove... Updated 25 Sep, 2024 11:23am
Print ECC grants conditional approval to sugar export to Tajikistan ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet granted conditional approval for export of... Updated 21 Sep, 2024 02:46pm
Print Export of unutilised sugar quota: Cabinet ties extension to grower payment ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has decided that 15 days’ extension in export of unutilized quota is not for those... Updated 12 Sep, 2024 10:09am
Print Extension given in sugar export shipment KARACHI: Following the directives of the federal government, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed 15 days... Updated 07 Sep, 2024 08:50am
BR Research Sugar: let exporters make some hay? After a slow takeoff by sugar exports during July 2024, the policymakers are back to repeating errors of the past.... Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:52am
Print Ministry to clamp down on sugar mills behind price surge ISLAMABAD: The federal government has empowered Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) to take action... Updated 28 Aug, 2024 08:52am
Business & Finance Bawany Air Products says will raise Rs6bn through rights issue Bawany Air Products Limited (BAPL) said on Tuesday it will raise Rs6 billion through a rights issue of nearly 600... Published 27 Aug, 2024 02:37pm
Print SAB approves sugar export to Tajikistan on G2G basis ISLAMABAD: The Sugar Advisory Board (SAB), on Tuesday, following permission by the Cabinet’s Economic Coordination... Updated 14 Aug, 2024 10:21am
Print ‘Disallowing TA/DA’: LTO Lahore officials approach LHC ISLAMABAD: The Inland Revenue Audit Officers/ Assistant Directors (Audit) of Large Taxpayer Office Lahore have... Updated 13 Mar, 2024 08:51am
Business & Finance Sugar mills evading tax to face crackdown ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has decided to start crackdown on sugar mills involved in tax evasion, well... Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am
Print Plugging revenue leakages: LTO deploys officers at Sindh sugar mills KARACHI: The Large Taxpayers Office (LTO) has again deployed its officers at sugar mills in Sindh to monitor... Updated 24 Jan, 2024 10:00am
Print PSMA concerned at ‘unsustainable’ production costs LAHORE: Sugar millers have claimed that production and sale of sugar below its costs of production has become... Updated 08 Dec, 2023 10:04am
Business & Finance CCP issues show-cause notices to eight sugar mills LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab Abdul Rauf has issued show cause notices under the Punjab Sugar Factories... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Business & Finance Sugar mills: FBR monitoring teams deputed ISLAMABAD: The monitoring teams of the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) field formations have been deputed on sugar... Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am
Print FBR gets data of unregistered sugar buyers ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has obtained data of unregistered buyers of sugar from Sales Tax... Updated 29 Nov, 2023 08:53am
Pakistan Fighting cartelism: CCP brings enforcement, policy actions under focus ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is diligently focusing on enforcement and policy actions,... Published 24 Oct, 2023 05:05am
Pakistan Post-arrest bail to four co-suspects of Parvez Elahi granted LAHORE: A special court for Anti-Corruption (ATC) on Saturday granted post-arrest bail to four co-suspects of former... Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:21am
Editorials The complicated truth about sugar EDITORIAL: Finally, the story of long simmering tensions between the Punjab government and sugar mills has a happy... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance Sugar mills: LCCI urges govt to re-introduce track- and-trace system LAHORE: Welcoming the steps being taken by the government to discourage the smuggling of sugar, the Progressive ... Published 11 Sep, 2023 06:32am