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Sohail Sarfraz

FBR deputes officers at 21 beverages cos

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has deputed over 50 Inland Revenue officers at 21 beverage manufacturing...

Updated 12 May, 2025 09:30am

Cigarettes: WHO pressures FBR to further raise FED

ISLAMABAD: There is a strong pressure of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the government of Pakistan to...

Updated 11 May, 2025 10:17pm

FY26 budget: Rates of CGT and WHT will be reduced

ISLAMABAD: The rates of the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Withholding Tax on immovable properties would be...

Updated 11 May, 2025 09:44am

Federal budget 2025-26: Cut in taxation rates for salaried people likely

Relief measures include at least 2.5% reduction in income tax slabs

Updated 10 May, 2025 04:48pm

Tax law: NA body says govt has bypassed Parliament

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Friday categorically conveyed to the Federal Board...

Updated 10 May, 2025 08:54am

Tobacco, poultry sectors accused of evading Rs400bn tax

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mahmood Langrial, Friday, disclosed massive tax...

Updated 10 May, 2025 08:51am

FBR issues SRO to amend Income Tax Rules 2002

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will pay a huge amount of Rs 500,000 as one-time remuneration to the...

Updated 09 May, 2025 09:31am

Business & Finance

Copper-coated wires: New customs values fixed

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new customs values on the import of...

Published 09 May, 2025 06:02am

Business & Finance

Taxpayers’ passwords: FTO directs FBR to issue new policy of expiry

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has out-rightly rejected the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) policy of...

Published 09 May, 2025 06:02am

Business & Finance

ATIR’s landmark order: Senior taxmen face FBR law director’s action

ISLAMABAD: The Director Law of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Wednesday initiated extreme action against senior...

Published 08 May, 2025 06:21am

Business & Finance

ICCI rejects Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

ISLAMABAD: The business community of the federal capital has rejected Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 with the...

Published 07 May, 2025 06:06am

Business & Finance

Carriers/transport operators: FBR to conduct 3rd-party audit of tracking services

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will conduct third party audit of tracking services provided by...

Published 07 May, 2025 06:06am

Business & Finance

FTO receives 7,919 anti-FBR complaints only in April

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has received the highest number of complaints 7,919 against the Federal Board...

Published 07 May, 2025 06:06am

Pension, tax relief thresholds: FBR working on two major budget proposals

Authority looks to impose some nominal tax where very high amount is paid under head of pensions. Initially, this may cover Grade-22 retired officials, others in same category

Updated 06 May, 2025 02:21pm

Business & Finance

Now law enables FBR to enforce sudden tax recovery

ISLAMABAD: Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, promulgated on May 2, 2025, has empowered the Federal Board of...

Published 06 May, 2025 03:19am

FBR decides to hire industry experts

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to hire industry experts to enhance technical expertise of...

Updated 05 May, 2025 09:07am

Law promulgated for sudden tax recovery

Powers of the FBR officials have been considerably enhanced for recovery through attachment and sale of any movable or immovable properties of taxpayers

Updated 04 May, 2025 09:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 12	281.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 12	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 12	145.91
USD to Swiss Franc / May 12	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 12	1.33
Euro to USD / May 12	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 9	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5,659.91
Nasdaq / May 9	17,928.92
FTSE 100 / May 9	8,554.80
Dow Jones / May 9	41,249.38
Germany DAX 30 / May 9	23,499.32
France CAC40 / May 9	7,743.75
India Sensex / May 12	81,746.51
Tokyo Nikkei / May 12	37,643.20
Hang Seng / May 12	23,174.79

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	300,840
Petrol/Litre / May 12	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 12	61.81
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 12	3,279.94
Diesel/Litre / May 12	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 12	67.45

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cresent Jute / May 12 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	3.30 ▲ 0.7 (26.92%)
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.97 ▲ 0.98 (24.56%)
Media Times Ltd / May 12 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.88 ▲ 0.37 (24.5%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / May 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	2.95 ▲ 0.58 (24.47%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / May 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	2.49 ▲ 0.44 (21.46%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 12 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	5.88 ▲ 1 (20.49%)
Cres.Star Ins. / May 12 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	2.71 ▲ 0.45 (19.91%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 12 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	5.25 ▲ 0.83 (18.78%)
Chenab Ltd / May 12 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	5.92 ▲ 0.91 (18.16%)
Ghani Chemworld / May 12 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	6.85 ▲ 1 (17.09%)

Stock	Price
First AL-Noor Mod. / May 12 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	2.60 ▼ -0.4 (-13.33%)
Ellcot Spinning / May 12 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	101 ▼ -11.19 (-9.97%)
Suraj Cotton / May 12 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	112 ▼ -11.14 (-9.05%)
F.Credit & Inv / May 12 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.02 ▼ -0.69 (-8.95%)
National Silk / May 12 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	38.55 ▼ -3.5 (-8.32%)
Ali Asghar / May 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	41.40 ▼ -3.47 (-7.73%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / May 12 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	17.21 ▼ -1.23 (-6.67%)
Sindh Modaraba / May 12 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	10.70 ▼ -0.61 (-5.39%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / May 12 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	305 ▼ -16.01 (-4.99%)
Idrees Tex. / May 12 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	16.21 ▼ -0.85 (-4.98%)

Stock	Volume
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 12 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	58,618,531 ▲ 0.55
K-Electric Ltd. / May 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	57,503,866 ▲ 0.46
WorldCall Telecom / May 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	52,280,478 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / May 12 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,221,366 ▲ 1
Power Cement / May 12 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	26,361,166 ▲ 1.05
B.O.Punjab / May 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	24,104,178 ▲ 0.9
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	19,599,524 ▲ 0.98
Hub Power Co. / May 12 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	16,346,693 ▲ 10.43
Pak Int.Bulk / May 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	12,642,541 ▲ 1
Pak Elektron / May 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	11,650,278 ▲ 4.02

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