ISLAMABAD: Federal government, as per available fiscal space in Public Sector Development Programme 2016-17, is financing recommended development projects in...

ISLAMABAD: Sales tax collection has surged to 42.53 percent in 2015-16 from 42 percent in 2014-15 and customs duty to...

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made public the details of tax revenue collection from 1948 to 2016. The...

ISLAMABAD: Zammurd Khan, Patron-in-Chief, Pakistan Sweet Homes (PSH) said that orphan kids, especially in far-flung areas were vulnerable to become...

KARACHI: Customs has announced to deploy special officials to ensure smooth consignment clearance procedure during the Eid holidays. Model Customs...

MULTAN: The officials of revenue authority have confiscated a huge quantity of non-duty paid cigarettes. The officials of Multan Regional...

LAHORE: Deforestation seems small but actually is a big issue as it not only leaves adverse impact on the environment...

LAHORE: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has foiled a smuggling bid at Allama Iqbal International Airport and arrested an African woman...

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee has again summoned the heads of FBR, NAB, FIA, SECP and SBP on September 20...

WASHINGTON: Calgary’s unemployment rate remains the highest of any major Canadian city, according to new jobless numbers released by Statistics...

BATON ROUGE: First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Sept. 3 decreased from the previous week's...

NEW DELHI: Lower food prices likely cooled India's inflation rate in August, a Reuters poll showed, but probably not by...

WASHINGTON: The Virginia Tourism Corporation announced today that the Commonwealth’s tourism revenues topped $23 billion in 2015, a 2.4 percent...

BAGHDAD: Basra Gate Terminal (BGT) has taken delivery of two new post-panamax cranes and three RTGs as the first phase...

AMMAN: Jordan and Kazakhstan agreed on Thursday to boost their cooperation in the field of renewable energy through increasing expertise...

KATHMANDU: The Commerce Ministry has allowed banks to import smaller unit gold bars, enabling bullion traders to buy only as...

MUSCAT: As the Sultanate of Oman continues to focus on economic diversification beyond its traditional petrochemical base and strives to...

WARSAW: The Moody’s agency has said it has not updated its rating for Poland. The Ministry of Finance in Warsaw...

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple may not become an automaker, but it still wants to develop its own self-driving technology. The iPhone-maker's...

LISBON: Portugal’s Labour Minister, José António Vieira da Silva said the country’s budget deficit would fall to below 2.5 percent...