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Govt targets big firms with big advance tax bills
Islamabad: The government has now started targeting big firms to generate billions of rupees in advance tax in a clear ‘hook…
Rs70 million earmarked for defence expo
Islamabad: The Export Development Fund’s (EDF) board of administrators (BoA) approved, among other projects, Rs70 million funds for the International Defence…
China eases rules for Pakistan’s banks
Islamabad: After successful negotiations by the Ministry of Commerce, Chinese authorities have eased the regulations for Pakistan’s financial sector which will…
New Islamabad airport: Rs3 billion allocated for road network
Islamabad: The federal government has allocated three billion rupees under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the year 2016-2017 for…
Construction of industrial free zone in Gwadar begins
Quetta : Work on construction of a 10-square kilometre industrial free zone in Gwadar is underway. It is expected that the…
Only ISI and IB still have ‘secret funds’, Fiance Minister Ishaq Dar informs NA
"The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) are the only two departments that are still using secret service funds",…
Gwadar LNG pipeline: China cuts cost estimate by another $200 million
Pakistan has managed to land a gas pipeline deal at a lower price as China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, a Chinese company, has…
Pakistan to receive more electricity as Afghanistan abandons share in CASA-1,000
Pakistan will receive an additional 1,300 megawatts of cheap and clean electricity from Central Asian states, more than the initially…
Tajikistan: Pakistan keen on concluding trade agreements
Pakistan intends to conclude bilateral arrangements of transit trade and Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Tajikistan this year in order…