NA body orders review of mobile phone taxes

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Tuesday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to prepare...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Exports to five central Asian states contract

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to five central Asian countries (CACs) shrank 9.59 per cent year-on-year during the first four months of the current...

previous day 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Non-textile exports dip over 14pc in July-October

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of non-textile products shrank 14.45 per cent to $4.056 billion in the first four months from $4.741bn over the...

08.12.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Edible oil, wheat flour fuel SPI

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased four per cent year-on-year in the week ending Dec 4, owing to...

07.12.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Services exports rise 16pc in July-October

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of services grew 15.95 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal year from a year ago, mainly driven...

06.12.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Lawmakers slam govt’s inaction on corruption

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary committees of both the National Assembly and Senate on Wednesday witnessed sharp criticism from lawmakers who accused the...

05.12.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Exports dip for fourth straight month

• Proceeds drop 15.4pc to $2.4bn in November• Monthly import bill grows 5.4pc to $5.25bn ISLAMABAD: Merchandise exports shrank by 15.4 per cent...

04.12.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

SPI rises for 17th week

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 4.32 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Nov 27, owing to...

30.11.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

SIFC feels high taxes discourage investments

ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) on Thursday claimed that Pakistan’s high corporate taxes are discouraging foreign...

29.11.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Declaration of assets now must for govt employees

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has expanded the category of officials required to publicly disclose their assets, a new regulatory step...

29.11.2025 70

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Textile exports drift lower for third month

ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns over the country’s export performance, Pakistan’s textile and clothing sector recorded a 0.67 per cent decline in...

21.11.2025 50

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Costly food continues fuelling inflation

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 4.15 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Nov 13, owing to...

16.11.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Monitoring of tobacco sector to boost revenues

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to digitally monitor the value chain of tobacco to cigarette manufacturing at the factory...

15.11.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

PBS builds data partnerships for development

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with key government institutions to strengthen...

13.11.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Trade gap with Middle East narrows in first quarter

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with Middle Eastern countries contracted by 3.99 per cent in the first quarter of FY26, mainly due to a...

10.11.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Weekly inflation sees annual surge

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 4.18 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Nov 6, owing to...

10.11.2025 50

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Weekly inflation up 5.05pc

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 5.05 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Oct 30, owing to...

02.11.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Reforms urged to tap Malaysian meat market

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is targeting $200 million in annual meat exports to Malaysia but must implement urgent policy and regulatory reforms to tap the...

30.10.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

No transit trade at Chaman border, but repatriation of Afghan refugees continues

QUETTA/ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan-Afghanistan border continued to remain closed for all kinds of trade activities on Friday, due to persistent security...

26.10.2025 40

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Pakistan trade imbalance with 9 states deepens

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries surged by 34.54 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year...

24.10.2025 50

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Parliamentary committee recommends full deregulation of sugar sector

ISLAMABAD: In a significant move aimed at enhancing transparency, a parliamentary committee has recommended full deregulation of the sugar sector to...

23.10.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Non-textile export shrinks 16.54pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of non-textile products shrank 16.54 per cent in the first quarter (July-September) of the current year, mainly led...

20.10.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Large-scale manufacturing growth decelerates on flood impact

ISLAMABAD: Growth in Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector slowed to 0.54 per cent year-on-year in August, compared to an 8.99pc rise in...

19.10.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Textile exports fall for second month

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports fell by 1.99 per cent in September, marking the second consecutive month of negative growth....

17.10.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

IT exports drive 12pc jump in services trade

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of services increased by 8.41 per cent in the second month of the current fiscal year compared to the same period last...

06.10.2025 40

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Inflation rebounds to 5.6pc on food price surge

ISLAMABAD: Inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 5.6 per cent in September, up from 3pc in August, marking a sharp increase...

04.10.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Exports fall in July-Sept as trade gap widens

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s merchandise exports fell by 3.83 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, raising concerns among policymakers...

04.10.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

FBR misses Q1 target by Rs199bn

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) fell short of its revenue collection target by Rs199 billion in the first quarter (July-September) of...

02.10.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

FBR extends deadline for filing income tax returns till Oct 15

In a reversal of its earlier stance, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) late on Tuesday night extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for...

01.10.2025 50

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Zero income, millionaire lifestyle: Pakistan’s tax system under fire

ISLAMABAD: Concerns are mounting within the country’s top tax machinery that Pakistan’s income tax system is failing to capture the true wealth of...

29.09.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Govt scraps asset valuation column from tax return form

• Decision taken on PM’s directive after committee’s recommendation • FBR analysis points to widespread reluctance in voluntary asset...

28.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Govt fast-tracks expo centres plan

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan has directed immediate steps for establishing an Expo-cum-Display Centre in Islamabad and identifying land...

27.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

FBR extends e-invoicing deadline for sales tax registrants

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline for integration with its electronic invoicing system for all sales tax...

27.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Taxpayers can declare assets ‘without formal valuation’

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has said that taxpayers are free to declare the market value of their movable and immovable assets at...

27.09.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Govt grants tax relief to end GB traders’ strike

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to end the ongoing strike by Gilgit-Baltistan traders, the federal government on Wednesday agreed to exempt imports routed through...

26.09.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

FBR mulls tax on TikTok content creators

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is preparing to impose taxes on TikTok content creators, a parliamentary committee was informed on...

26.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Commerce Minister Kamal seeks to expand trade with Asean

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen trade, investment, and people-to-people ties with Southeast Asia, as Commerce...

25.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

NA panel urges value addition to narrow China trade gap

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee has raised alarm over the widening trade deficit with China, urging the government to prioritise value addition,...

24.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Trade deficit with nine states soars 28pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries increased by 27.94 per cent in the first two months of FY26, reaching $2.592...

22.09.2025 70

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Weekly inflation rises 4.17pc

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, as measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose by 4.17 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Sept 18,...

21.09.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

All govt payments to be digitised by June 2026

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee was informed on Thursday that Pakistan plans to digitise all payments by the federal, provincial, and local...

20.09.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Islamabad, Tehran sign protocols, eye $10bn trade

TEHRAN: Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Iranian Minister for Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadeq exchange the notes after signing...

19.09.2025 60

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Big industry grows 9pc in July

ISLAMABAD: The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector staged a recovery, posting a robust year-on-year growth of 8.99 per cent in the first month of...

18.09.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Govt to centralise customs assessment to curb corruption

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to establish a centralised customs assessment centre in Islamabad to process Goods Declarations (GDs) from...

17.09.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Pakistan seeks partners for digital future

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has invited Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from leading global exchanges and...

15.09.2025 50

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Textile exports hinge on European Union

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and apparel exports presented a mixed picture in the first two months of FY26, with steady growth in the European...

15.09.2025 20

Mubarak Zeb Khan

SPI jumps 5.03pc on costly perishables

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 5.03 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Sept 11, owing...

14.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Govt orders crackdown on wheat price speculation

ISLAMABAD: A high-level government committee on Thursday reaffirmed that the country holds sufficient wheat stock and directed authorities to...

13.09.2025 10

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Govt reaffirms efforts to boost small and medium enterprises

ISLAMABAD: The government is committed to transforming small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into drivers of sustainable growth and key players in the...

12.09.2025 30

Mubarak Zeb Khan

PM Shehbaz orders revival of taxpayers’ directory after 5 years

ISLAMABAD: In a major decision, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to resume publication of the...

11.09.2025 30

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