BEIJING: The cooperation in digital infrastructure and IT under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will soon make some significant progress under the IT industry joint working group (JWG) established at the 10th CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting, said Du Zhenli, ...

ISLAMABAD - Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood on Sunday said Commerce Ministry was resolved to achieve US $ 26 billion export target in next three years by exploring new trade markets across the world. The trade diversification, regional trade integration ...

ISLAMABAD: *PTI government to establish Software City in Islamabad with aim to boost Information Technology exports to $10 billion.* Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday chaired a meeting on Information Technology, where it was decided to establish a software city in Islamabad and take ...

ISLAMABAD - In a first, Pakistan to hire foreign payment provider to establish Pakistan’s own International payment gateway. The government is working to engage a foreign payment provider to establish Pakistan’s own international payment gateway which will be pre-integrated with Paypal, Visa, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Commerce Ministry has proposed harmonized provincial sales tax regime through the application of uniform sales tax rates on services by avoiding double taxation and simplifying the filing procedure for online businesses under the draft e-commerce policy. The currently applicable ...

Pakistan and Bahrain have signed Memorandum of Understandings regarding promotion of bilateral trade and investment, avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax evasion.  These MoUs were signed by Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi and hid Bahraini Counterpart Skiekh ...

*ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan will get briefing on new tax amnesty scheme of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government on Monday.* According to the sources, the prime minister will chair a meeting in Islamabad to get briefing on the scheme finalised to provide people with the ...

LAHORE – Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is considering the development of a mobile app to file online return with greater convenience. The Board, besides taking numerous steps to achieve the objective, would also ensure integration of databases like National Database and Registration Authority ...

ISLAMABAD: World Bank country director Illango Patchamuthu has said that Pakistan’s growth has to be driven by investment and productivity which will put it on a path to end the boom and bust cycle its economy faces. “This will create more and better paid jobs and is a reliable path to ...

ISLAMABAD - The Prime Minister Imran Khan's Task Force has recommended the formation of an asset recovery unit. The assets recovery unit to target the 100 biggest owners of offshore money and properties. The assets recovery unit would be located at the Prime Minister’s (PM) Office. It will ...