ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday made it binding on all registered retailers to show price and tax separately on the price tags and menu cards to ensure depositing of deducted tax in government kitty...
The decision came at a time when retailers — especially those deals in selling of fabrics in local markets — have started charging sales tax at the rate of 17 per cent on retail price from consumers without...
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday directed all district administrations and other relevant authorities to ensure that retail shops display the essential items price list...
During a meeting here, Mr Mahmood also ordered improvement of the price inspection and monitoring mechanism for the enforcement of the government fixed prices...
MANAMA: The remarkably well-preserved remains of the Caliphate city of Medina Azahara, a medieval Arab Muslim town near the Spanish city of Cordoba, was added to Unesco’s list of World Heritage sites on Sunday...
After prospering for several years, the magnificent palace-city, which was the de facto capital of Al Andalus, or Muslim Spain, “was laid to waste during the civil war that put an end to the Caliphate in 1009-10”, the...
LAHORE: With the federal government hinting, and the Punjab most probably following, at wheat release price of Rs1,950 per 40kg, the flour price is set to increase by a staggering 22...
73 per cent – from the current official price of Rs860 per 20 kilo to Rs1,100...
HYDERABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has said that price hike has become a global issue and prices of essential commodities increase with rise in prices of fuel and appreciation of dollar’s rate against rupee...
IT was an expanding industry all over the world and Pakistan had also witnessed a substantial increase in IT-related income, he said...
KARACHI: The built heritage of Karachi — referred to as ‘Historic Karachi’ — has recently been included in the list of 25 sites constituting the World Monument Watch List for 2018...
This important development would help highlight the case of Karachi’s historical sites imperilled by massive population growth and infrastructural development...
KARACHI: Expressing grave concern over the increase in milk prices in the city, the Sindh High Court on Friday directed the Karachi commissioner to file a comprehensive report reflecting the regulation of dairy products’ prices...
At the outset of the hearing on Friday, the petitioner informed the judges that wholesalers were providing milk at Rs63 per litre to retailers, who were selling it at Rs84 to Rs100 per litre at shops across...
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the city administration to notify the milk price within two days after the court was informed that all stakeholders agreed to sell milk at Rs94 per litre from April 1...
Headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, a two-judge bench was hearing a set of petitions against and in favour of hike in milk price...
KARACHI: The local administration of the city informed the Sindh High Court on Thursday that a meeting with all stakeholders would be held on June 22 to determine the price of fresh milk or to establish milk markets to fix milk price daily through open auction...
A report filed on behalf of the Karachi commissioner further said that the supply and prices department had been asked to conduct a survey about the cost of products,...
SAHIWAL: Because of a heavy increase in construction material prices, registered contractors are reluctant to accomplish the sewerage and sanitary pipelines projects of Sahiwal city...
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Awais Malik, who is also the city manager of the project, visited different incomplete spots in the city and asked contractors to accomplish the work...
ISLAMABAD: Tobacco is grown on more than four million hectares of land in Pakistan, which could have been used to grow food for approximately 20 million people...
The presence of World Health Organisation (WHO) officials has also played a role in the decrease in the prevalence of tobacco in the city...
Hailed first as the country's Garden City and then its Silicon Valley, drawing in multinational IT firms and their monied executives, today Bangalore is paying a heavy price for its success ? it's a city overflowing with garbage, its infrastructure and waste collection services unable to keep up with decades of unchecked growth...
Located on a plateau and blessed with a relatively cool climate, the city is dotted with public parks and...
LONDON: Manchester City turned on the style to dismantle West Ham United 4-0 and revive their fading Premier League title aspirations as Manchester United’s hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow with a goalless home draw against struggling Hull City on Wednesday...
City produced a scintillating first-half display, scoring three times before the break through Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and new boy Gabriel Jesus, before Yaya Toure’s...
Pakistan has topped the list of countries with the highest number of illegal overstayers after the 2016-2017 Umrah season, Arab News reported on Tuesday...
According to Arab News, the 6,905 pilgrims from Pakistan stayed in Saudi Arabia illegally after the pilgrimage season was over...
According to this index, Finland tops the list of the countries with a free media, followed by two other Scandinavian countries – Norway and Denmark...
Also read: Pakistan ranked 159 out of 180 countries in press freedom: reportChina, Cuba, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan are also at the bottom...