Pakistan Customs, Tax, Shipping & Business News Resource
KARACHI: The Director General of Trade Organizations (DGTO) has initiated a formal investigation into the All Pakistan Customs Agents Association (APCAA) following serious allegations of administrative irregularities and violations of…
KARACHI: A Karachi bench of custom appellate tribunal remanded four appeals to the Directorate of Custom Valuation, Pakistan Customs ordering extensive review of custom values. The appeals were filed by…
KARACHI: The President of SITE Association of Industry, Ahmed Azeem Alvi, has expressed deep concern over the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to maintain the policy rate at 11 %.…
Karachi: Salim Valimuhammad, Chairman of the Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA), has expressed strong disappointment over the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) decision to maintain the policy interest…
KARACHI: In one of the largest financial enforcement actions in Pakistan’s history, the Customs Adjudication Authority has imposed a staggering Rs. 111 billion in penalties on 13 bogus solar panel…
KARACHI: The launch of Pakistan’s Faceless Customs Assessment (FCA) system on December 15, 2024, immediately triggered a wave of suspicious customs activity, with previously unclaimed and long-abandoned consignments suddenly finding…
Over the past two years, the Post Clearance Audit (PCA) function of Pakistan Customs has emerged as a leading enforcement arm—delivering unprecedented results in revenue recovery, fraud detection, anti-money laundering…
Karachi: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s first and largest Islamic bank, becomes the first bank in the country to roll out Visa’s latest digital innovation: – the Visa Global eSIM for its…
KARACHI: A constitutional bench of High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi and Justice Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro disposed of a petition filed by M/s Loreal Pakistan holding that…
Karachi, Pakistan: The Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) today announced the results of the 2025 annual examinations for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) revealing…
Pezu: Lucky Cement Limited, in collaboration with Tabba Kidney Institute, successfully organized a two-day Kidney Screening Camp at the Abdul Razzak Tabba Welfare Dispensary located at the company’s Pezu Plant.…
Karachi: BYD Pakistan – Mega Motor Company (MMC) unveiled the BYD Shark 6, a category-defining plug-in hybrid (PHEV) pickup and the first of its kind in the country. The BYD…
KARACHI: A constitutional bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi and Justice Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro dismissed a petition filed by Messer’s PSRM (Pvt) Ltd challenging…
KARACHI: The Additional Inspector General Karachi Police Javed A. Odho, has said that about 470 police personnel will join the team soon. Karachi Police is working on long term solutions…
As Pakistan grapples with one of the world’s highest hepatitis burdens, ChildLife Foundation is reinforcing its commitment to protecting the country’s most vulnerable, its children. On this year’s World Hepatitis…
SBP has issued the consolidated framework for customer onboarding and advised banks and regulated entities (REs) to provide Digital Payment Acceptance solutions to their customers engaged in instore and/or online…
Loans of up to PKR 1 million to benefit almost 350 farmers and 2,000 lives: Karachi: Engro Fertilizers, a major fertilizer company in Pakistan, and Bank Alfalah Limited, Pakistan’s leading…
Karachi: MG Motors Pakistan, in partnership with Bank Alfalah, announces the launch of the ‘Freedom Package’ – a time bound Independence Day offer running from July 15 – August 15,…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of SBP will meet on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 to decide about the Monetary Policy. Governor SBP, Mr. Jameel Ahmad will announce the Monetary Policy…
The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$ 19,917.5 million as of 18-Jul-2025. The break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under: i) Foreign reserves…
