Industrial sector to rely on expensive LNG: minister
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile Muhammad Pervaiz Malik categorically stated that industrial sector will have to rely on expensive imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to meet their...
FBR faces Rs47b shortfall in July-October
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has faced tax collection shortfall of Rs47 billion during first four months (July-October) of the current financial year.
The FBR has provisionally...
LCCI for extension in returns filing date
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the date for filing of income tax returns till...
Traders urge govt to cut cost of production
ISLAMABAD - The business community has proposed to the government to reduce the cost of production to enhance tumbling exports to contain the widening current account deficit of the...
Government taking steps to promote textile sector
ISLAMABAD (APP): A comprehensive package is being implemented to improve performance of textile sector, the textile ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. While talking to Radio Pakistan, he said that...
`Logistics industry must prepare for CPEC challenges`
KARACHI: Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Agha Jan Akhtar has said that the government is simultaneously working on a number of mega projects for enhancing the capacity of logistics...
MoU inked to strengthen trade with Mauritius
KARACHI (Staff Reporter): The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) according to which both...
PIAF-Founder Alliance sweeps LCCI corporate class polls
LAHORE - The PIAF-Founder alliance has swept the first phase of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (LCCI) election as its all candidates of corporate class seats have been...
Import duty on eatable, luxury items raised by up to 50pc
ISLAMABAD: The government has imposed regulatory duty on import of 36 new products and raised its rates on the existing 240 items in a fresh move to curtail rising...
Audit and reconciliation: WeBOC system to collect transactions records of taxpayers online
KARACHI: The WeBOC system will be able to collect transactions records of the taxpayers online for audit and reconciliation after the launch of e-payment system, likely to be operational...