K-Electric holds 109th Annual General Meeting – FY 2019
Karachi: K-Electric (KE) held its 109th Annual General Meeting (AGM) – FY 2019 in Karachi. With the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the utility’s AGM was hosted virtually for the first time.…
Razak Dawood chairs a meeting on outsourcing of major airports of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce & Investment, Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood chaired the first meeting of the Committee formed by the Cabinet on Outsourcing of Major Airports…
Government aiming to facilitate businesses, boost growth: Dr Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that the government is aiming to improve the business environment in the country by…
KPK Excise and Narcotics Control Department punishes Customs for exposing their involvement in vehicle smuggling
PESHAWAR: Director General Excise and Narcotics Control Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ordered his staff to detain the official private vehicles of Customs department without any cogent reasons, as…
CCP INITIATES ENQUIRY ON SHORTAGE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has taken notice of the public concerns and complaints regarding the shortage of petroleum products in country and initiated an enquiry to see…
Zong 4G Partners with District Authorities in Baluchistan to fight COVID-19
Karachi: In the wake of a global pandemic, Pakistan’s leading telecommunication network, Zong 4G has announced a partnership with the provincial Government of Balochistan to collaboratively fight the Covid-19 challenges…
Restoration of Zero Rating on Sales Tax – No Payment No Refund is indispensible to resolve liquidity problem of exporters: PDMEA
To resolve liquidity problem of exporters, restoration of Zero Rating on Sales Tax – No Payment No Refund Regime reinstating SRO 1125 is highly indispensible. The current volume of Pakistan…
KCCI appeals govt. to announce across-the-board relief for the survival of industries/businesses
KARACHI: Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli and President KCCI Agha Shahab Ahmed have appealed to the Prime Minister Imran Khan, Advisor Finance Hafeez Shaikh,…
SCAT allows appeals in Monosodium Gluatamate case
KARACHI: Deciding three identical appeals filed by Usama Enterprises, Marhaba Trading Corporation and Universal Trading, Special Customs Appellate Tribunal headed by its chairman/member judicial II, Mr Sajid Abbasi, allowed the…
Director I&I Yaqoob Mako dissolves SIU
KARACHI: On the instructions of Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Abdul Rasheed Shaikh, Director Karachi Yaqoob Mako has dissolved the Special Investigation Unit (SIU). All the officiating Superintendents including…
Attempt to set Customs Laboratory on fire foiled
KARACHI: Deputy Collector MCC Preventive Muhammad Asim Awan foiled an attempt of setting Customs Laboratory on fire, and detained two sepoys and one official of the laboratory. According to details,…
MCC Preventive releases seized blankets
KARACHI: In a mysterious turn of events, MCC Preventive released the large quantity of blankets that were seized two days earlier for being smuggled. According to details, Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO)…
Industrialists demand tariff rationalization in forthcoming federal budget
KARACHI: Business community has underscored the need of tariff rationalization, in the forthcoming Federal Budget 2020-21, to facilitate business and protect domestic production. Chairman United Business Group Shaikh Khalid Tawab…