Freight of domestic shipping lines: Tarin says will ensure ST fully refundable, adjustable ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Senator Shaukat Tarin has pledged to make sales tax refundable/ adjustable on freight ... Updated 06 Jan, 2022 09:42am
Print Pulses, rice, eggs, chicken: Hike in prices blamed on seasonal factors ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has directed the Ministry of National Food... Updated 06 Jan, 2022 03:05pm
Print ECC approves import of 50,000MT of urea from China ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has allowed import of 50,000 metric... Updated 06 Jan, 2022 09:26am
Editorials Confusion on IMF prior conditions EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin laid the money bill in the Senate on Tuesday amidst loud Opposition... Updated 06 Jan, 2022 09:54am
Pakistan NA likely to initiate debate on ‘Finance Bill’ on 10th ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly is likely to meet on Monday (Jan 10) to start debate on “Finance (Supplementary)... Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:36am
Pakistan GCC SG due today ISLAMABAD: The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf, will arrive on a... Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:36am
Editorials Inconsequential delay EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, in his latest interaction with the public, acknowledged that the... Updated 05 Jan, 2022 08:48pm
Print SBP amendment bill: Some cabinet members too show unease Cabinet members raise their concerns on the SBP (Amendment) Bill in presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan Updated 05 Jan, 2022 09:55am
Print Tarin lays copy of ‘mini-budget’ in Senate amid uproar ISLAMABAD: Amidst hullabaloo triggered by opposition’s protest, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday laid a... Updated 05 Jan, 2022 10:40am
Markets Investors cheer positive triggers as KSE-100 up 1.12% Index powers past 45,000 level on Tuesday Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:00pm
Pakistan PM asks spokespersons, ministers to counter opposition’s ‘fake’ narrative ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed the government’s spokespersons and ministers to counter ... Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:54am
Pakistan Qureshi chairs meeting on ‘Vision Central Asia’ ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting on “Vision Central Asia”... Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:54am
Print Import purposes: ECs ask SBP to restrict banks from $ forward booking KARACHI: Exchange Companies have asked the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to restrict banks from forward booking of... Updated 04 Jan, 2022 09:57am
Print Scarcity of urea fertilizer: Minister grilled by his cabinet colleagues ISLAMABAD: The Minister for Industries and Production (MoI&P), Khusro Bakhtiar, has reportedly been grilled by... Updated 04 Jan, 2022 09:24am
Pakistan Ashfaq Tola terms Tarin’s claim ‘joke of the year’ LAHORE: Renowned tax practitioner Ashfaq Tola has termed Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin’s claim that the mini... Updated 02 Jan, 2022 10:45am
Print Surrender forex in interbank market: ECC approves cash incentive to ECs ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved fiscal incentive of ... Updated 01 Jan, 2022 09:40am
Print USC restructuring: PMC directs ministry to prepare financially viable plan ISLAMABAD: The Price Monitoring Committee (PMC) has directed Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) to... Updated 01 Jan, 2022 10:22am
Print Sell-off plan: CCoP decides to delist MPCL ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) has decided to delist the Mari Petroleum Company Limited... Updated 01 Jan, 2022 09:38am
Print ‘Mini-budget’: NA adjourned due to lack of quorum ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a crushing defeat for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) the National... Updated 01 Jan, 2022 10:23pm
Pakistan Finance (Supplementary) Bill, SBP (Amendment) Bill: NA session adjourned again Session commenced with Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri in chair, but only lasted 12 minutes Updated 31 Dec, 2021 04:27pm
Business & Finance Foundation of a ‘welfare state’ successfully laid: Tarin ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin said here on Thursday that the incumbent... Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am
Business & Finance Minister defends govt borrowing ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said that a total of public debt as at end-September 2021... Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am
Print ‘Mini-budget’ approved by Cabinet The government aims to raise billions of rupees by withdrawing the sales tax exemptions so that all sectors pay a uniform 17% levy new duties and revise tax collection target Updated 31 Dec, 2021 09:38am
Print Govt tables Supplementary Finance, SBP bills ISLAMABAD: Amid ruckus and uproar by opposition parties, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday laid the Finance... Updated 31 Dec, 2021 10:17am
Print Only Rs2bn impact on the common man: Tarin says IMF programme ‘vital for economy’ ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is... Updated 31 Dec, 2021 10:18am
Pakistan Tarin rejects opposition's claims, says 'mini-budget' will not hike inflation Says Pakistan’s sovereignty will not be compromised due to the State Bank of Pakistan autonomy bill Published 30 Dec, 2021 08:02pm
Print New sugar arrivals likely to drag down prices ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has expressed concerns on the rise of sugar prices... Updated 30 Dec, 2021 09:57am
Editorials 2021 — year in review EDITORIAL: 2021 will be remembered as the divisive year — in terms of the yawning political divide that ... Updated 30 Dec, 2021 09:00am
Print ECC reconstituted ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan reconstituted the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet with the... Published 30 Dec, 2021 04:40am
Print Digitization of import-export papers: PSW co signs pact with TradeLens ISLAMABAD: On behalf of Pakistan Customs, the Pakistan Single Window Company Tuesday signed an agreement with... Updated 29 Dec, 2021 10:21am
