FBR Member Dr Irshad to preside over seminar on ‘Sales Tax Act-1990’ on August 17

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Auditor General for Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) have recently joined hands to monitor trading...

LCCI for amicable solution of imported garment’s valuation

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) will take-up the issue of massive increase in customs valuation on...

BPCCI to focus on promoting Pak-Brazil bilateral trade

ISLAMABAD: Munawar Iqbal, President, Brazil-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) said that Pakistan and Brazil has great potential to...

SMEDA to facilitate SMEs to enhance professional skills: Raja Hasnain Javed

FAISALABAD: SME (Small & Medium Enterprises) sector should enhance its productive as well as professional skills on modern scientific lines...

Vocational, technical training to act as gateway to social, economic development: Cheema

KARCHI: Executive Director of National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (NVTTC), Zulfiqar Cheema has said that no one can deny...

Taiwan’s customs arrested man involved in smuggling

TAIPEI: Customs officers have intercepted a Taiwanese passenger who was trying to smuggle 4,050 grams of methamphetamine out of Taiwan,...

Taiwan’s customs seized 2,468 kilograms drugs during 1H

TAIPEI: Taiwan's customs officers seized 2,468.82 kilograms of illegal drugs in the first half of 2016, compared with 2,900.54 kg...

SAARC countries face trade deficit

KABUL: The country witnessed a trade deficit with all the trading partners in the SAARC region except Afghanistan in fiscal...

Man sentenced to life imprisonment for smuggling

DOHA: A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for attempting to smuggle some 22kg of hashish...

Ukrainian arrested for charge of smuggling in Hungary

BUDAPEST: A 55-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling. The arrest comes after 33 illegal migrants...

Trade deficit with SAARC nations rises

KATHMANDU: The country witnessed a trade deficit with all the trading partners in the SAARC region except Afghanistan in fiscal...

Industrial output ups by 4.3% in June

HELSINKI: Output of total industries adjusted for working days went up by 4.3 per cent year-on-year in June 2016, according...

Oman’s conventional banks log 9% credit growth at OMR19b

MUSCAT: Oman’s conventional banks have achieved a robust 8.6 per cent year-on-year growth in credit disbursements, which stood at OMR19.4...

5% levy on imports at Torkham border suggested

PESHAWAR: The Ministry of State and Frontier Regions (Safron) has been urged to impose five per cent levy on imports...

Poland most attractive investment destination in region

WARSAW: Poland is the most attractive place to invest in the Central-and-Eastern European region and ranks fifth in Europe, a...

SOCAR establishes new company in Ukraine

KIEV: The representative office of Azerbaijan’s state energy giant SOCAR in Ukraine has recently created a new company for the...

Customs Chief Dr Naeem relinquishes charge

ISLAMABAD: Dr Naeem Khan, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-20, has relinquished the charge of the post of Chief....

Dubai Chamber concludes summer training programme 2016

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has concluded a summer training programme for 16 students from different UAE...

Waha Capital H1 net profit tops $83m