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The high cost of punitive taxation

EDITORIAL: The fundamentally flawed nature of the tax regime operational in Pakistan is both well-documented and...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 05:48am

ACT Alliance report: Tax regime inflicts huge losses on economy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is losing over a staggering Rs300 billion annually due to an unsustainable tax regime,...

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 08:43am

Business & Finance

FY26 budget: Govt urged to introduce fixed tax regime for traders

KARACHI: Malik Khuda Bakhsh, Convener of the FPCCI Energy Committee and President of the Pakistan Business Forum...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

Business & Finance

Federal Budget: PBF urges govt to implement fixed tax regime for traders

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has demanded the government to implement a fixed tax regime for traders in ...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 07:57am

Govt may collect Rs300bn from agri tax

FBR asks provinces to adopt federal schedule of income tax for collection of agricultural income tax

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

Reforms in agri income tax regimes: IMF urges provinces to implement commitment

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that provinces must decisively implement their...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 02:52pm

EFS ends: Exporters now to pay regular income tax: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Exporters will be brought into the regular income tax regime, Exporters Facilitation Scheme terminated,...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:50pm

Business & Finance

Sales Tax Rules, 2006: KTBA seeks inclusion of pharma sector under Rule 18A

KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has formally requested the inclusion of the pharmaceutical sector...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Editorials

Simply unrealistic

EDITORIAL: It seems everybody but the government understands that this fiscal year’s tax regime is not only...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

‘Nationwide protests’?

It seems the mainstream press is finally waking up to the social implications of the new tax regime. So far it’s...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:51am

Business & Finance

KATI condemns proposed fixed tax regime on exports

KARACHI: Johar Qandhari, President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), has strongly condemned...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Business & Finance

PFVA demands restoration of 1pc tax regime

KARACHI: Fruit and vegetable exporters have rejected the new proposed tax regime for exporters and demanded...

Updated 24 Jun, 2024 08:44am

Export of goods: Finance Bill proposes to change tax regime to ‘minimum tax’

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Bill 2024 has proposed to change the tax regime for export of goods from “final tax regime”...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 02:37pm

Engine capacity to invoice base value: Punjab govt shifts token tax regime

LAHORE: In line with the federal government, the Punjab government has also shifted token tax regime from engine...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 09:21am

Pakistan

Inflation, unfair tax regime: JI to hold sit-in outside Sindh Governor’s House

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi has held publicity camps, corner meetings and distributed handbills across the...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

Real estate, construction: Demand to appoint advisor to PM in caretaker setup

ISLAMABAD: The government needs to create a special position of ‘Advisor to the Prime Minister on Real Estate and...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Editorials

‘Reliable, consistent’ tax regime

EDITORIAL: Tax reforms, rather the need for them, is (understandably) all the rage these days, considering the...

Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

UBL declares H1 PBT of Rs34.2bn, with 32pc growth

KARACHI: UBL declared profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 34.2 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2022, an ...

Published 05 Aug, 2022 08:26am

Small retailers: fixed tax regime rationalized

Tax amounts shall be doubled if name of retailer does not appear on Active Taxpayers List

Updated 22 Jul, 2022 09:17am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 17	280.67
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 17	280.47
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	142.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 17	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 17	34,583.29
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 17	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	300,068
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	63.90 ▲ 5.81 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 18 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	269.05 ▲ 24.46 (10%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 18 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	24.08 ▲ 2.19 (10%)
Gammon Pak / Apr 18 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	34.02 ▲ 3.09 (9.99%)
Shakarganj / Apr 18 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	43.69 ▲ 3.94 (9.91%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	62 ▲ 5.31 (9.37%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 18 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.77 ▲ 0.73 (9.08%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 18 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.29 ▲ 0.34 (8.61%)
Bolan Casting / Apr 18 Bolan Castings Limited(BCL)	113 ▲ 8.94 (8.59%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 18 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	95.85 ▲ 7.58 (8.59%)

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.80 ▼ -1.37 (-19.11%)
Ask.Gen.Insur. / Apr 18 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	28.70 ▼ -5.44 (-15.93%)
Century Ins. / Apr 18 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	42.35 ▼ -7.47 (-14.99%)
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.92 ▼ -0.15 (-14.02%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.01 ▼ -0.83 (-12.13%)
Crescent Fib. / Apr 18 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.25 ▼ -5 (-9.95%)
Redco Textile / Apr 18 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.70 ▼ -2.69 (-9.82%)
Saritow Spinning / Apr 18 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	14.80 ▼ -1.2 (-7.5%)
Service Global Foot / Apr 18 Service GlobalFootwear Limited(SGF)	85.55 ▼ -6.72 (-7.28%)
Sapphire Fibres / Apr 18 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	1,011.34 ▼ -66.94 (-6.21%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,920,266 ▲ 1.81
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	4,321,274 ▲ 0.54
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	3,261,690 ▲ 0.52
P.S.O. / Apr 18 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	2,250,204 ▼ -2.62
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	2,247,691 ▲ 5.81
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	1,924,706 ▲ 0.41
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1,742,583 ▲ 0.01
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Apr 18 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	1,676,128 ▲ 0.06
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	1,623,699 ▲ 1.06
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	1,417,196 ▼ -0.03

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