ISLAMABAD: Around only 11 per cent of women have access to overall financial services in Pakistan. A World Bank report states that women make up the majority of this unbanked population, where…
KARACHI: The adjudicating authority under Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act has directed the anti-benami zones to confiscate benami assets worth Rs5 billion of Omni Group’s frontmen. Sources said that the anti-benami zone Karachi had…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to issue ordinance with regard to the settlement of land claims. Sources said that the Ministry of Interior has forwarded the draft “the Capital Development Authority…
ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has been postponed after the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to include the prime minister’s advisors and special assistants in the cabinet committee.…
ISLAMABAD: Senior officials from Aviation Division and its Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan have been accused of misusing a number of luxury vehicles of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The chief operating officer…
ISALAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday will take up the Ministry of Industries and Production summary with regard to the release of funds for Sui Southern Gas…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been unanimously elected as the president of the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), an affiliate of the United Nations (UN), for a term of three years, replacing the United…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the appointment of Dera Ismail Khan Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Umair as the principal staff officer at the PM Office. According to the notification issued by…
ISLAMABAD: Black market cigarettes sales resulted in tax evasion of Rs77.3 billion Pakistan during the fiscal year 2019-20, a representative of Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) said on Thursday. The counterfeit cigarette trade…
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Delivery Unit (PMDU) has introduced a new category, ‘FBR policy matters’, in the Pakistan Citizens Portal in order to address relevant complaints, Pakistan Today has learnt. The Federal Board…
ISLAMABAD: Unknown assailants abducted the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) assistant commissioner from his office in Shikarpur, Pakistan Today learned on Tuesday. Sukkar regional tax office has communicated to the police that…
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written a letter requesting the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to submit the complete income tax and wealth statement details of former president Asif Ali…
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved Rs80million for a British law firm to pursue cases under investigation in the United Kingdom. The meeting of ECC was chaired by Adviser…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday will launch Ehsaas Taleemi-Wazaef’ for primary school children under the Waseela-e-Taleem programme, which will aid 2 million children nationwide. The above was stated by Special…
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday asked Master Tiles to explain expenditures incurred on the wedding ceremony of the director’s daughter, Pakistan Today has learnt. Gujranwala’s chief commissioner of Inland…
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has asked the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to approve a Technical Supplementary Grant of Rs433 million for payment of legal fees in a London high court…
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has missed the revenue collection target for the third consecutive month in October. According to sources, the tax officials collected Rs335 billion in October as against…
