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Lahore: LUMS hosted the 2nd Symposium on Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) in Pakistan in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, World Bank, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).…
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division of the Government of Pakistan has filed a reply in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against a petition filed by the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) challenging…
Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Mr. Jameel Ahmad, met key international investors during events organized by global banks, including Barclays, JP Morgan, Standard Bank, and Jefferies on the sidelines…
Karachi (PR): Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has highlighted the glaring anomalies in the fiscal discipline; management of external account and economic growth rate; which are being observed by…
Islamabad: Renowned intellectuals, technocrats, religious scholars and academics representing a cross-section of Pakistani society gathered for a special moot of the National Academic Council of Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)…
The State Bank of Pakistan has developed a draft policy titled ‘Banking on Equality’, which aims to introduce a gender lens within the financial sector through targeted measures to bring…
Articles Aftab Haider, World Bank Lead Customs Expert. The sustainability of the international supply chain is in focus during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to keep international trade flows open for…
KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan has expressed serious concern on reports that the Income Tax officials are seeking more powers to probe…
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has endorsed functioning nature of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) where it has projected that the tax revenues could go up to Rs12,788 billion in…
ISLAMABAD: To protect public interest in audit quality, the Audit Oversight Board (AOB) and the World Bank have launched an Audit Committee Toolkit that explains the international best practices for…
KARACHI: Under World Bank funded ‘Pakistan Raises Revenue Project’, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) intends to hire Chief Information Officer and consultants including Procurement Specialist, Financial Management Specialist, Environment…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has signed three major financing agreements worth US $ 918 million with the World Bank. These agreements have become effective immediately. US $ 400 million is support in…
KARACHI: A meeting was held between Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and World Bank team on the tax reforms introduced by FBR for medium and small sized companies on Ease…
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s delegation led by Finance Minister Asad Umar had a second day of meetings during the IMF/WB spring meetings on Thursday at Washington, says a press release received issued…
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Minister Mr. Asad Omer applauds the World Bank recognition of Pakistan enhanced implementation of corporate governance principles on the launch event of Pakistan Report on Observance of…
LONDON: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed a paper setting out the current state of international corporate income tax arrangements. The policy paper Corporate Taxation in…
KARACHI: Pakistan and World Bank signed a financing agreement worth $100 million for “Sindh Solar Energy Project” with the objective to increase solar power generation and access to electricity in…
The president of the World Bank, Jim Kim, on Monday announced he was stepping down from the global lending institution. Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank CEO, will assume the role of…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has held a wide-ranging, interactive session with the stakeholders, including representatives from the World Bank, to develop and implement a track and trace system…
Consumption and import led robust economic growth in FY17 and FY18 was driven by loose monetary policy and an overvalued currency regime, which exposed Pakistan to vulnerability on the external…