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NATIONALISLAMABAD: Amid sufficient availability of stock, the federal government is likely to allow the export of personal protective equipment (PPE), it was learnt on Saturday.According to sources, the M
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is expected to lose Rs77.3 billion during the ongoing fiscal year owing to increasing volume of illicit cigarette trade.Pakistan Tobacco Company Senio
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Amid an economic crunch due to the coronavirus outbreak, the federal government is considering banning new recruitments for the next two years in order to control the expenditures.In a
NATIONAL--Centre likely to allocate Rs200 billion for social safety programmesISLAMABAD: To counter the adverse impact of the coronavirus, the federal government on Friday decided to give priority to t
NATIONAL--Health ministry ‘secretly’ includes branded items in tax exemption list, costs national exchequer billions in losses --FBR, DRAP, health dept keep on passing the buck
NATIONAL--Expenditure target for FY21 to be fixed at Rs10.4tr--Rs600bn to be spent on development projects; Rs200bn on corona-related programmes ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to
NATIONAL--Expenditures clock in at Rs6.3tr against revenues of Rs4.6tr--Govt spent Rs1.8tr on debt servicing, Rs802bn on defence, Rs31.8bn on education and Rs5.1bn on health ISLAMABAD: Pakist
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The federal government has sacked a Foreign Services of Pakistan officer on charges of sexual harassment as well as abuse of authority.According to a notification, "Waqar Ahmad, a BS-18
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday reshuffled the top hierarchy of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) despite the fact the premier tax agency is facing a whooping shortfall and the financ
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCE) on Monday decided to hold wrongdoers in the power sector accountable for their deeds.Sources told this scribe that the meeting, which was held with
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) target to Rs3,908 billion from Rs48,03 billion, showing a massive cut of Rs895 billion due to the co
NATIONAL--Amount shall be utilised to ensure provision of different types of personal protection equipment against COVID-19 ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabi
