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| July 11, 2003 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1424 |
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Rs460.2bn collected in 02-03: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday claimed that the tax authorities had collected Rs460.2 billion during the fiscal year 2002-03 against the target of Rs458.9 billion, registering an... 
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LTU collection stands at Rs24.630 billion
KARACHI, July 10: The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Karachi has made net collection of Rs24.630 billion in direct taxes during outgoing fiscal 2002-03, showing a fabulous growth of 11.12 per cent...
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Vegetable exports fetch $23.53m
KARACHI, July 10: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) epidemic in China during the last few months has shifted many foreign buyers of potato and onion towards Pakistan. This has been...
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WB okays new infrastructure action plan
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group has approved a new Infrastructure Action Plan (IAP), signalling a reinvigorated embrace of infrastructure development through project financing...
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ECO trade deal
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The commerce and foreign trade ministers of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) are likely to finalize “ECO trade agreement” at a three-day meeting to be held here on July...
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PTCL, Hubco lead KSE 100-share index to new high
KARACHI, July 10: The KSE 100-share index on Thursday briefly tested its new career-best level at 3,615 assisted by massive buying in PTCL and Hub-Power and kept analysts guessing about its...
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Value-added sector assured of incentives
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Federal Commerce Minister, Humayun Akhtar Khan on Thursday assured incentives in trade policy for value-added goods exporters....
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Bank of England cuts rate
LONDON, July 10: The Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 3.50 per cent on Thursday to try to breathe new life into a sluggish...
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Businessmen to take part in Delhi fair
KARACHI, July 10: Pakistani business community will fully participate in India international trade fair in New Delhi to held from November 14 to 27....
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Saudi Pak Investment interested in ABL
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company (SPIAIC) has expressed keen interest in buying ABL shares....
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Drawback allowed
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Central Board of Revenue has allowed exporters to claim duty drawback on export of plaster of Paris bandages....
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Oil prices rally on supply worries
LONDON, July 10: Oil prices burst higher on Thursday, hitting the highest level for almost four months here on concerns about the outlook for gasoline supplies in the United States....
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Rs61 billion refunded to exporters
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The tax authorities paid out Rs61.144 billion refund/rebate to exporters during the fiscal 2002-03 against Rs62.761 billion paid over the corresponding year, indicating a decrease of 2.57 per...
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Sindh sugar mills term cane price unjust
KARACHI, July 10: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Sindh Zone) on Thursday blamed the provincial government for the sugar industry woes and threatened not to run boilers for the new crushing season...
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Cotton market lacks normal trading
KARACHI, July 10: The cotton market on Thursday lacked normal trading interest as spinners remained conspicuous by their absence after ginners raised their asking prices....
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‘Small quantity’ irks bedlinen exporters: Carry-over quota
FAISALABAD, July 10: Bed-linen exporters have termed the carry-over quota facility allowed by the EPB too small in quantity to fill a single container, making shipment difficult....
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Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, July 10: Three vessels carrying soyabean oil, rock phosphate and crude oil are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Friday, according to KPT sources....
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HBL profit rates
KARACHI, July 10: Habib Bank Ltd. (HBL) on Thursday declared the following profit rates on various categories of PLS deposits for the Ist half of the year ended June 30, 2003....
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Rice export deal signed with Iran
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Pakistan will export 15,000 tons of different varieties of rice worth $7.75 million to Iran....
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‘Rising gas price puts heat on US firms’
WASHINGTON, July 10: US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Thursday that soaring natural gas prices are starting to turn up the heat on parts of US industry....
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