By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The country’s power regulator on Monday allowed K-Electric (KE) to ratchet up the tariff for the load-shedding-battered consumers by Rs9.66/unit, a second such increase in a short span of time.
Economy
The anatomy of our horrid power crisis
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Despite the government’s repeated claims to end load shedding, Pakistani households and businesses continued to suffer intermittent power outages in the scorching summer heat of June – and the pattern shows no signs of going away in July.
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CPI Inflation: The worst is yet to be
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Historic high inflationary pressures threaten to hold Pakistan’s economy hostage in the new fiscal year in the wake of consumer inflation reaching 21.34 percent for June, the last month of the previous fiscal.
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) logo. Image courtesy APTMA Facebook page.
Textile industry in urgent appeal to lift gas supply suspension
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Saturday aired an urgent appeal for the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to lift a suspension of LNG for export oriented industries including the textile sector.
Stumbling Block: IMF cutting no slack to Pakistan on anti-corruption reforms
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and its development partner, the IMF, are stretching their negotiatory limits to carve out a consensus on Prior Actions (PAs) for a staff accord, but the talks are stalemating as the lender is not backing down on its demand for putting a powerful anti-corruption watchdog among the dirty government officials from top to bottom.
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and Chairman FBR Asim Ahmad addressing news conference in Islamabad Friday, July 1, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Finance.
FBR gearing to sniff out tax non-filers
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Asim Ahmad told journalists Friday in the presence of Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail that the authorities had started collecting data from National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to help broaden of tax base.
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June saw history’s worst inflation
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Official data published Friday put the crucial Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of June 2022 at 21.32 percent, up 6.34 percent month-on-month from the level reported for May, a reflection of how the purchasing power of the common Pakistani is evaporating in thin air.
Rs6,125 billion: FBR tops yearly tax target on strong imports, weak rupee
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has surpassed its annual tax collection target by topping up the government’s coffers with Rs6,125 billion in the outgoing fiscal year 2021-22 ending on June 30, 2022, latest numbers showed late on Thursday, mainly because of increase in imports and massive devaluation of the exchange rate.
Forex reserves rise to $16.2bn on Chinese loan
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves sharply rose by $1.985 billion or 14 percent as of June 24 on $2.3 billion inflows from China , the central bank said on Thursday.
25 May 2022 Islamabad. Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail addressing an important press conference.
Miftah defends high fuel prices, new levy
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail on Thursday said the government imposed the petroleum levy in the range of Rs5-10 per liter on petroleum to thaw the frozen IMF funding to avoid failing on international obligations.