Tag: Duty

KARACHI - The Turkish authorities have assured Pakistan of an impartial enquiry before determining its verdict on the imposition anti-dumping duty on Pakistan's textile exports. It has also been clarified that Ankara is still in a probing phase and that the final decision might take as long as eight to nine months.
The pledge was made when a Pakistani business delegation, led by Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Investment Muhammad Zubair Motiwala met MNA and Chairman

LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz has urged both President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to seek an exemption from duty imposed on Pakistan cotton fabric under safeguard measures by the Turkish government.
Turkey has imposed safeguard duty on import of cotton fabric, including denim, grey and processed fabric, from Pakistan, a measure likely to hit adversely $240 million exports from Pakistan. According to him,

LAHORE - As many as 1,000 containers of cosmetics and toiletry items have been stuck up at different dry ports in the country due to inflated valuation by Customs authorities. This was revealed by the All Pakistan Cosmetics and Toiletry Importers Association (APCTIA) President Sheikh Wajid Ali, while addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club.
APCTIA president claimed that Customs Valuation Department (CVD) had dramatically ramped up the valuation on cosmetic and toiletry

LAHORE - As many as 18 commandos of the Elite Police Force deputed for the security of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Tuesday refused to perform their duty, informing the security in-charge that they could not be on duty for 24 hours with the chief justice, at court and at his home.
Following the protest, the Elite Police Force sent a new batch of 18 commandos to provide security to the LHC chief justice.
The protesting officials said the stringent

KARACHI - Pakistan is mulling using diplomatic channels to protect its exports of woven fabric which are likely to suffer a major blow in Turkey which intends to levy anti-dumping duty on garments and fabrics imports to protect its domestic manufacturers. As Pakistan has garnered a significant share in Turkish imports, particularly in the markets of Denim and Gray Cloth, the fresh move would impact strongly on Islamabad's exports to the foreign country, sources have said.
The

LOS ANGELES - Unfairly or not, when it comes to 'Call of Duty', Treyarch has long been seen as the stand-in developer for the franchise. As Activision's military shooter title shot to world stardom, Treyarch was called upon to pump out place-holder games while Infinity Ward toiled away on the next triple A COD release. The COD titles that Treyarch produced weren't bad - indeed, 'Call of Duty: World At War' was an engrossing and enjoyable shooter. But the Santa Monica-based developer's

ISLAMABAD - The appointment of Mumtaz Qadri in the security detail squad of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has raised many questions, as the killer had been declared unfit for the sensitive job of protecting VIPs by police seniors. Pakistan Today has learnt that former SSP Special Branch Nasir Khan Durrani had advised the department not to put Qadri in security detail of any VIP due to his extreme religious inclination. A source in the police said, "They considered Qadri a

LISBON - Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho on Sunday ruled out the prospect of becoming a national team manager after being refused permission to take temporary charge of his native Portugal in the autumn.
Mourinho had been approached to replace Carlos Queiroz, but Real blocked the approach and Paulo Bento eventually took full-time charge of the national side. It was a development which the former Inter Milan and Chelsea boss described as his "greatest frustration of 2010".