ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is struggling to achieve the revised revenue collection target of Rs 2,050 billion during the ongoing financial year 2012-13 owing to the slowdown in the economy due to the energy crisis and poor law and order situation.The FBR has collected Rs 1510 ...

islamabad - The government is struggling to achieve annual exports target of $27 billion during the ongoing financial year 2012-13 due to the unending power shortage in the country and global economic situation.“The commerce ministry has set an ambitious exports target at the time when ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said that the caretaker government is committed to take appropriate steps for the stability of the national economy and directed the officials of Ministry of Finance to focus on exploring ways and means to ensure that the revenue targets set in ...

Pakistan has failed to achieve the major policy objectives to reduce fiscal deficit at or below 3.5 per cent of the GDP and improving tax-to-GDP ratio to 12.7 per cent by 2012-13 could not be achieved, a World Bank mid-term progress report has said. The World Bank in its mid-term progress report ...

LAHORE – The nations who forget its heroes and their philosophies cannot achieve goals. It is the need of the hour to act upon the teachings of the great leaders of the freedom movement.Federal Shariat Court former chief justice Mian Mehboob Ahmed said this while addressing a sitting held to ...

Sooner or later, there will be no escape from conducting a significant operation [in Gaza],” said Israeli army Chief of Staff Lieutenent General Benny Gantz on December 27, the third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead.Gantz’s chillingly casual remarks were cited as just another ...

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Finance Friday said that the government would achieve the revised target of budget deficit of 4.7 per cent during the ongoing financial year, which remained at 1.2 per cent during the first quarter (July-September) of the year 2011-2012. The spokesperson of the Finance ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) once again failed to meet the monthly tax collection target of Rs 151 billion in April, as they only collected Rs 126 billion, despite taking several revenue generation measures for the last quarter (April-June) of the ongoing fiscal year which ...

LAHORE The LCCI Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad Wednesday stressed the need for strengthening of institutions and consistency in policies to achieve economic stability, progress and prosperity. The LCCI Senior Vice President was addressing a 125-member delegation of Pakistan Navy War ...

IMRAN ALI KUNDI ISLAMABAD - Likewise other economic targets, the Government is also struggling to achieve annual export target of above $ 20b in the fiscal year 2010-11, chiefly due to the ongoing power crisis and high mark-up rate. The industry is facing worst power and gas loadshedding, besides ...

ISLAMABAD Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has failed to achieve the revenue collection target of Rs336 billion set for the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year 2010-11, as it had collected Rs285 billion so far, TheNation learnt on Saturday. We had collected Rs285 billion taxes ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan can enhance vegetable and fruit crops yield with hydroponic farming technology to overcome the food shortages and price hike tendency. This technology would not only raise yield but also enhance nutrition abilities of plants. Hydroponics can be a futuristic technology for ...

LAHORE - Karachi Stock Market remained closed for three consecutive days owing to falling of Eidul Fitr on Monday while only two possible business sessions could be held in the current week. Post Eid positive developments favoured the local bourse on first business day Thursday which jacks up the ...

KARACHI - The textile policy has been designed to enhance the exports of textile sector to $ 25 billion in next three years. This was stated by the Minister for Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan while speaking at a dinner hosted by the vice chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association ...

LAHORE - The Hewlett-Packard (HP) has outlined strategies to help businesses extend the power of print to achieve business productivity and unlock new opportunities at specially-organized seminars for businesses and channel partners. HP, the number one printer company in APJ(1), also showcased its ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is unlikely to achieve the export target of US $ 11 billion set for the textile sector in the current fiscal year, as its share in the total exports of goods is further shrinking, mainly due to energy crisis, tough competition in international markets and poor policy planning, ...

KARACHI - The country has failed to achieve the Net Primary Enrolment (NPE) and other targets pledged in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), State Bank of Pakistan disclosed in its annual report of fiscal year (FY) 2008. The Central Bank said that Pakistan was under obligation to raise Net ...

ISLAMABAD - MNA Faryal Talpur directed the National Commission for Human Development team to develop integrated plans for each province and AJK, in consultation with respective Secretaries of Education, to achieve UPE related Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). NCHD ...

ISLAMABAD (APP)- Ministry of Environment is making concerted efforts to achieve the targets set for International Year of Sanitation (IYS)-2008 through a multi-pronged policy. Working in collaboration its partners like UNICEF, RSPN, PPAF, Water Aid, WSP-SA, USAID and others, the Ministry has ...

LAHORE- The Chief Executive Officer of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Syed Mohibullah Shah has said that the trade policy should be for five years because one-year policy cannot produce desired results. The TDAP Chief was speaking at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on ...

LAHORE - Provincial Minister for Finance Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that the tax network in Punjab has been expanded and government would achieve the revenue targets of province during current fiscal year. According to an official handout, the Finance Minister said that Punjab govt is strictly ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan duo of Salman Butt and Shahid Afridi, along with India opener Gautam Gambhir have achieved career-high rankings in the ICC, ODI Player Rankings at the conclusion of the tri-nation series in Bangladesh. According to International Cricket Council (ICC) official, ...