The National Parliament approved the Finance (Supplemental) Bill, 2023 on Monday, proposing Rs. 170 billion in new taxes and tariffs, opening the way for the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). When the bill’s debate came to a close, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that although the governmentRead More →

Based on foreign areas and destinations, the government has established new federal excise tax (FED) rates for first class, business class, and club class airline tickets. On Monday, the government presented the Finance Supplemental Bill 2023 revisions.For FED, new slabsThe FED would be applicable on club, business, and first-class flightRead More →

ISLAMABAD (Web desk) – According to figures from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTI), the telecom industry in Pakistan produced record earnings of Rs 694 billion during the fiscal year 2021–22 as opposed to Rs 651 billion during the same period in 2020–21. The authority claims that the past quarter’s growthRead More →

KARACHI: Due to political upheaval and intermittent suspensions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending programme, the Pakistani rupee has continued to depreciate against the US dollar into the year 2022. On Friday, the rupee fell 22% year-over-year to Rs226.43 versus the dollar in the interbank market. However, it isRead More →

According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation on a year-over-year (YoY) basis, increased to 24.5 percent in December 2022. (PBS). According to the statistics, inflation increased from 0.8% in November 2022 to 0.5% in December 2022 on a month-over-month (MoM) basis. AccordingRead More →