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Pakistan’s textile industry deterioration: Govt has failed to address ‘fatal’ anomaly in EFS

LAHORE: Pakistan’s textile industry is rapidly deteriorating as, for over 10 months now, the government has failed...

Updated 20 May, 2025 09:20am

Editorials

The high cost of punitive taxation

EDITORIAL: The fundamentally flawed nature of the tax regime operational in Pakistan is both well-documented and...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 05:48am

ACT Alliance report: Tax regime inflicts huge losses on economy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is losing over a staggering Rs300 billion annually due to an unsustainable tax regime,...

Updated 13 Mar, 2025 08:43am

Business & Finance

FY26 budget: Govt urged to introduce fixed tax regime for traders

KARACHI: Malik Khuda Bakhsh, Convener of the FPCCI Energy Committee and President of the Pakistan Business Forum...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

Business & Finance

Federal Budget: PBF urges govt to implement fixed tax regime for traders

KARACHI: Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has demanded the government to implement a fixed tax regime for traders in ...

Published 28 Feb, 2025 07:57am

Govt may collect Rs300bn from agri tax

FBR asks provinces to adopt federal schedule of income tax for collection of agricultural income tax

Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm

Reforms in agri income tax regimes: IMF urges provinces to implement commitment

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that provinces must decisively implement their...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 02:52pm

EFS ends: Exporters now to pay regular income tax: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Exporters will be brought into the regular income tax regime, Exporters Facilitation Scheme terminated,...

Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:50pm

Business & Finance

Sales Tax Rules, 2006: KTBA seeks inclusion of pharma sector under Rule 18A

KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has formally requested the inclusion of the pharmaceutical sector...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Editorials

Simply unrealistic

EDITORIAL: It seems everybody but the government understands that this fiscal year’s tax regime is not only...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

‘Nationwide protests’?

It seems the mainstream press is finally waking up to the social implications of the new tax regime. So far it’s...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:51am

Business & Finance

KATI condemns proposed fixed tax regime on exports

KARACHI: Johar Qandhari, President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), has strongly condemned...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Business & Finance

PFVA demands restoration of 1pc tax regime

KARACHI: Fruit and vegetable exporters have rejected the new proposed tax regime for exporters and demanded...

Updated 24 Jun, 2024 08:44am

Export of goods: Finance Bill proposes to change tax regime to ‘minimum tax’

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Bill 2024 has proposed to change the tax regime for export of goods from “final tax regime”...

Updated 22 Jun, 2024 02:37pm

Engine capacity to invoice base value: Punjab govt shifts token tax regime

LAHORE: In line with the federal government, the Punjab government has also shifted token tax regime from engine...

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 09:21am

Pakistan

Inflation, unfair tax regime: JI to hold sit-in outside Sindh Governor’s House

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi has held publicity camps, corner meetings and distributed handbills across the...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

Real estate, construction: Demand to appoint advisor to PM in caretaker setup

ISLAMABAD: The government needs to create a special position of ‘Advisor to the Prime Minister on Real Estate and...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Editorials

‘Reliable, consistent’ tax regime

EDITORIAL: Tax reforms, rather the need for them, is (understandably) all the rage these days, considering the...

Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

UBL declares H1 PBT of Rs34.2bn, with 32pc growth

KARACHI: UBL declared profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 34.2 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2022, an ...

Published 05 Aug, 2022 08:26am

Small retailers: fixed tax regime rationalized

Tax amounts shall be doubled if name of retailer does not appear on Active Taxpayers List

Updated 22 Jul, 2022 09:17am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 2	282.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 2	281.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 2	142.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 2	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 2	1.36
Euro to USD / Jun 2	1.14
UK LIBOR % / May 30	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 30	5,911.69
Nasdaq / May 30	19,113.77
Dow Jones / May 30	42,270.07
India Sensex / Jun 2	81,373.75
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 2	37,470.67
Hang Seng / Jun 2	23,126.87
FTSE 100 / Jun 2	8,749.03
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 2	23,841.47
France CAC40 / Jun 2	7,688.47

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 30	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 30	298,868
Petrol/Litre / Jun 2	253.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 2	62.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 2	3,352.85
Diesel/Litre / Jun 2	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 2	66.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Invest Bank / Jun 2 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	2.31 ▲ 0.84 (57.14%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jun 2 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 2 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	9.25 ▲ 1 (12.12%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jun 2 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.50 ▲ 1 (11.76%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 2 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	2.76 ▲ 0.26 (10.4%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jun 2 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	16.45 ▲ 1.5 (10.03%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jun 2 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	23.82 ▲ 2.17 (10.02%)
Rupali polyester / Jun 2 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	18.89 ▲ 1.72 (10.02%)
Hala Enterprise / Jun 2 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	19.99 ▲ 1.82 (10.02%)
ECOPACK Ltd / Jun 2 Ecopack Limited(ECOP)	77.95 ▲ 7.09 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Systems Limited / Jun 2 Systems Limited(SYS)	103.40 ▼ -440.7 (-81%)
Idrees Tex. / Jun 2 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	23.20 ▼ -2.58 (-10.01%)
Bawany Air Products / Jun 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	48.08 ▼ -5.33 (-9.98%)
Mirpurkhas Sugar / Jun 2 Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills Limited(MIRKS)	35.19 ▼ -3.78 (-9.7%)
Maqbool Tex. / Jun 2 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	35.77 ▼ -3.71 (-9.4%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 2 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	13.65 ▼ -1.25 (-8.39%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jun 2 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	3.33 ▼ -0.3 (-8.26%)
Century Paper / Jun 2 Century Paper & Board Mills Limited(CEPB)	28.64 ▼ -2.33 (-7.52%)
Haseeb Waqas / Jun 2 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	10.69 ▼ -0.82 (-7.12%)
Dawood Equities / Jun 2 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.41 ▼ -0.74 (-6.64%)

Stock	Volume
Dewan Cement / Jun 2 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	40,375,547 ▲ 0.6
Invest Bank / Jun 2 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	31,862,508 ▲ 0.84
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,881,459 ▼ -0.23
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	24,120,241 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jun 2 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	18,658,215 ▲ 0
Kohinoor Spining / Jun 2 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	15,634,947 ▼ -0.09
National Bank / Jun 2 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	11,703,316 ▲ 1.71
Sui South Gas / Jun 2 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	11,095,117 ▼ -0.06
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	10,080,299 ▼ -3.06
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Jun 2 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	9,045,226 ▲ 0.09

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