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ARTICLE: "The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the...

Published 17 Jul, 2020 02:53am

Opinion

Finance Act 2020: Lack of initiatives & innovations - II

ARTICLE: The existing system imposes high taxes but yields low revenues. Only 2000 companies pay 75% of total taxes....

Published 10 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Markets

Finance Act 2020: Lack of initiatives & innovations - I

ARTICLE: The adoption of the Finance Bill 2020 on June 29, 2020 and exceeding the target by the Federal Board of...

Published 03 Jul, 2020 02:59am

Opinion

Analysing 'tax expenditure'

ARTICLE: "We don't do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments'...

Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Opinion

Finance Bill 2020: Muzzling right to justice

In the Finance Bill 2020, presented along with federal budget 2020-21, a highly lamentable-rather unconstitutional...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Opinion

Budget 2020-21: Illicit trade in tobacco products - II

ARTICLE: "...19.1 percent of Pakistani population, which includes 31.8 percent of men and 5.8 percent of women,...

Published 12 Jun, 2020 03:07am

Opinion

Budget 2020-21: Illicit trade in tobacco products - I

ARTICLE: This is the first part of a two-part series on how to counter illicit trade in tobacco products, recoup...

Updated 13 Jun, 2020 09:50am

Opinion

Budgets 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis - III: Fiscal challenges and 18th Amendment

The failure to tap the actual tax potential by the federal and provincial governments is the real issue and not the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 [hereinafter "18th Amendment"] vis-à-vis the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award. Dismal

Updated 21 Jun, 2020 01:38pm

Opinion

Budgets 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis - II: Need for paradigm shift

In the present circumstances, in the forthcoming federal budget, the need for a fair and simple tax system, as elaborate in Towards Flat, Low-rate, Broad and Predictable Taxes [PRIME Institute, 2016] and referred to in PIDE Policy Viewpoint [16:2020] Doin

Published 22 May, 2020 12:03am

Opinion

Budgets 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis-I: Revival, growth and revenues

"If we were to construe Entry 52 of the Legislative List keeping in view the above meanings of the expression "in lieu of", it becomes evident that the Legislature has the option instead of invoking Entry 47 for imposing taxes on income, it can impose the

Published 15 May, 2020 12:05am

Opinion

FBR: audit closure, capacity & legality

According to a Press report, the government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) "has quietly closed over 310,000 tax audit cases that had been automatically selected from 2015 to 2017 due to the failure of taxpayers to timely file tax returns and pay due ta

Published 08 May, 2020 12:05am

Opinion

Covid-19: economic & tax reliefs

Pakistan is facing the brunt of Coronavirus outbreak as the country is in a partial lock down. This has had a negative impact on businesses. Initial estimates show that the economy will witness sluggish growth in services, manufacturing and agriculture se

Published 01 May, 2020 12:54am

Opinion

A simple tax bailout

As mentioned in the last column [Tax bailout for economic revival, Business Recorder, April 17, 2020], all businesses-badly hit by lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 epidemic and due to sluggish economic activities, high utility bills and markup rate-are de

Published 24 Apr, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Tax bailout for economic revival

According to various Press reports, all businesses in Pakistan, as elsewhere, badly hit by lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 epidemic, are demanding a comprehensive tax bailout claiming that loan facility announced by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to pay sa

Published 17 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Opinion

Incentive-package for construction industry: Amnesty, tax breaks & multiple reliefs

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, in a Press conference on April 3, 2020, announced what is termed by official quarters as a "comprehensive relief/stimulus package" for the construction sector-also given the status of industry. At the time of wr

Published 10 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Opinion

Covid-19 pandemic, leadership & apathy

In a country of about 210 million people, about 10,000 individuals, prominent in business or profession or holding key positions in state institutions, think they know each and everything and can fix the multiple and complex problems faced by Pakistan, ei

Published 03 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Opinion

When challenges offer opportunities - II

The PTI government, compelled to borrow more at high interest rate, does not know that billions are lying unpaid with industrial undertakings/employers. Thus the issue is not that of funds but getting due taxes/levies from the wealthy and tax evaders and

Published 02 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Opinion

When challenges offer opportunities - I

"It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view"- George Eliot, Middlemarch

Published 27 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Opinion

Need for all-out reforms - II

The main aim of judicial reforms should be elimination of unnecessary litigation and facilitating smooth running of affairs between the State and its citizens. Once both learn to act within the four corners of law, there would be drastic reduction in liti

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Opinion

Need for all-out reforms - I

Every now and then, we keep on hearing from higher judicial echelons that the federal and provincial governments must run the affairs in accordance with the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan [the Constitution] and applicable laws/rules/regulati

Published 20 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 14	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 14	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / May 14	156.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 14	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 14	1.26
Euro to USD / May 14	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
India Sensex / May 14	73104.61
Tokyo Nikkei / May 14	38552.29
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
FTSE 100 / May 14	8428.13
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
Germany DAX 30 / May 14	18716.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 14	78.51
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	207733
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 14	2357
Cotton US¢/pound / May 14	73.78
Petrol/Litre / May 15	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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