Karachi, December 30, 2019: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar Sunday said the Opposition was criticizing the recently promulgated National Accountability (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 without reading it. Brushing aside the Opposition’s impression that the promulgation of the Ordinance has stopped the accountability process, Shahzad Akbar, flanked by Minister for…
Beijing, December 28, 2019: China’s Sichuan Publishing Group presented 200 sets of King Gesar, an epic story of the East, to Pakistan as a token of the deep-rooted historical cultural ties between the two countries at a ceremony held at Tsinghua University. Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana A. Hashmi, chief guest of the event said…
Islamabad, December 28, 2019: Pakistan’s general government debt (including guarantees & IMF borrowing) during the first quarter of current fiscal year, showed significant decline as it fell to 84.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), however by the end of previous year, the country’s debt had risen to 88 percent of GDP. A recently published…
Karachi, December 27, 2019: In order to facilitate the collection of Government receipts/duties/taxes, it has been decided that authorized branches of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), as well as field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC), will observe extended banking hours up to 9:00 P.M on December 31, 2019 (Tuesday). Read More: Poultry sector…
Karachi, December 27, 2019: “Enhancing Export is a national cause and facilitation to exporters shall be a service to the nation. Resolving the tax matters of exporters should be among the priorities of FBR. The office of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) is fully committed to fairly and independently correct the lacunas and flaws in…