News stories for Dr Ikramul Haq

Dr Ikramul Haq

Opinion

No one be judge in his own cause!

In Karachi one Additional Commissioner in an order passed under section 122(5A) of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001...

Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:43am

Opinion

Tax model for prosperity

There is hardly any doubt about the huge tax gap in Pakistan that is about 70% of the actual collection if not more....

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

Opinion

Documenting economy

To achieve financial inclusion-related objectives National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) was launched by...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Amendment in FATF Recommendation 23

Recommendation 18 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) requires that financial institutions should implement...

Updated 03 Dec, 2021 05:25am

Opinion

Regulating emerging technologies—II

As per the Chainalysis adoption index for the market share of the investment in VAs, Pakistan is ranked as third in...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

Opinion

Regulating emerging technologies—I

The technological landscape has changed massively in the last few years and this has also transformed the financial...

Updated 26 Nov, 2021 06:09am

Opinion

The quest for tax reforms

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) surpassed the revised targets for fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021 and for the first...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Opinion

Institutional challenges

The majestic architecture of a state stands with the support of three main pillars, namely, Legislature, Executive,...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

FATF: no respite for Pakistan

Once again, our efforts towards the fulfillment of the agenda of Finical Action Task Force (FATF) have fallen short...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

PTI's manifesto: a betrayal of document?

We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our ...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Compounding economic ‘crisis’

Rising need of petroleum and its heavy taxation leaves the common man stripped of his earnings, and renders the ...

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

Leaks and challenges-II

White collar crime investigations need special expertise to deal with different nature of financial crimes. However,...

Updated 16 Oct, 2021 01:23pm

Opinion

Leaks and challenges—I

The selective criteria of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in listing countries with strategic deficiencies ...

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 09:33am

Opinion

The 'leaks'

In The Panama Papers, the leaked data covered nearly 40 years, from the late 1970s throughout the end of 2015. It...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

Opinion

FBR & tax appellate system

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

Opinion

National Tax Academy—II

In the light of what was discussed in the first part, Case for All-Pakistan Unified Tax Service: PTI & ...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Need for National Tax Academy—I

On March 12, 2020, as per Press release of Ministry of Finance, the National Tax Council [NTC] was established and...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

Opinion

Pathetic direct tax collection

The dismal share of income tax in overall collection of taxes during the last many decades testifies to the lack of...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Opinion

Road-map for Afghanistan

The global war on terror fought under the command of the United States of America (USA) in Afghanistan is expected ...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Opinion

New FBR chairman

On August 24, 2021, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, a junior but highly competent officer of Internal Revenue Service ...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 30	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 30	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 1	157.86
USD to Swiss Franc / May 1	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / May 1	1.25
Euro to USD / May 1	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 30	5035.69
India Sensex / Apr 30	74482.78
Nasdaq / Apr 30	15657.82
Hang Seng / Apr 30	17763.03
Dow Jones / Apr 30	37815.92
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 30	17932.17
France CAC40 / Apr 30	7984.93
Tokyo Nikkei / May 1	38274.05

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 30	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 30	207390
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 1	81.12
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 1	2288.39
Cotton US¢/pound / May 1	78.01
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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