ISLAMABAD – The O and A Level exams, scheduled to be held on May 25, have been cancelled in Rawalpindi and Islamabad due to developing political situation in Pakistan as PTI set to being its long march against the government today (Wednesday). The British Council’s office in Pakistan ...

KARACHI – The Pakistan rupee depreciated to a new all-time low of Rs200 against the US dollar during intraday trading on Wednesday. In the interbank market, the rupee continues its losing spree and dropped to Rs198 against the greenback after shedding Rs2.1 during the intraday trade. The ...

ISLAMABAD – A team of Pakistani officials have started talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Doha today (Wednesday) in a bid to revive the $6 billion loan programme secured by the South Asian country in 2019. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, Minister of State for Finance Dr. ...

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Finance and Revenue, Miftah Ismail has appreciated the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for achieving 28.7 percent growth in revenue collection during July 2021 to April 2022. In a couple of tweet, he said that the top tax body collected Rs5,122 billion in current ...

ISLAMABAD – Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government has named Asim Ahmed as chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). The new chairperson of the apex tax collection authority is a Grade 21 officer employed at the FBR’s Inland Revenue Service (IRS) and also served as the Chairman of ...