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.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled the election for the post of Chief Minister Punjab would take place on July 22 to allow all parties due time to prepare for the exercise, but ordered Hamza Shahbaz to continue in office until that time.
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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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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.
Imran Khan’s PTI seeks remedy against yesterday’s LHC ruling mandating today’s recount. By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The appeal filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the
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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.
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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.
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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.
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday shelved new disbursements under Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) scheme till August 31, 2022 and Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (PMKJ-YES) for next 15 days in an attempt to narrow the budget deficit to meet IMF bailout goals.
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ISLAMABAD: The exporting sector’s gas supply has been choked for the second time within a month, which industry officials say disrupts production cycle of textiles, causing delays in delivering international orders, thus slowing down inflows of export proceeds.
