Op-Ed

ISLAMABAD: The improved performance of tax collection machinery (FBR) can make a real difference in terms of displaying a tag...

Despite the difficult history of revenue collection over the last few years, the government set the ambitious target of Rs.2475...

Reform and restructuring of FBR is once again in the news.  According to a report, the Bureau   has constituted a...

There is a growing gap between exports and imports, putting an unbearable pressure on the balance of payments. Of the...

According to FBR’s official data, the country’s overall imports increased by 12 percent in dollar terms in the first quarter...

KARACHI: One of the treasures of Pakistan Customs lies hidden in the Directorate of Training and Research Building. It is...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio had dropped drastically to 8.5 percent during last financial year 2012-13 from 9.1 percent the preceding...

MUSCAT: A recent study released by the US-based JOC Group, which includes the Journal of Commerce, and the PIERs data...

KARACHI: Trans Asia Refinery Ltd (TRL), located at Port Qasim, has declared its “total commitment” to building the most complex...

  Staff Reporter LAHORE: Despite the fact that the government earns billions of rupees revenue from the Lahore Dry Port,...

The reform process in FBR initiated by the new Chairman, Tariq Bajwa, was long overdue. FBR is the source of...

M. Jehangir LAHORE: The Customs House Nabha Road, a four-storey building and hub of all customs related activities, has been...

SOHAIL RAB KHAN KARACHI: The Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT), the country’s one of the leading container terminal operators, has...

NASIM AHMED LAHORE: Budget making was a difficult assignment for the economic team of the newly installed PML-N government. Not...

CUSTOMS TODAY REPORT LAHORE: Pakistan’s market is hailed as an innovation laboratory for branchless banking (BB) services within the South...

Budget documents are curious concoctions. They please some people and disappoint others. Although they can be read and deciphered only...

SYED MOHAMMAD TAHIR  LAHORE: In recent years, we have witnessed a spectacular rise of regional and bilateral trade agreements in...