The government is making another attempt to privatise PIA after the previous effort in which a sole investor submitted a bid of Rs10 billion, significantly lower than officials’ expectations. The lack of interest shown by the buyers during the first round of privatisation was due to multiple reasons, including the 18 per cent GST on the purchase of new aircraft and the national carrier’s liabil
Even though inflation has fallen to a nine-year low, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet appeared unsure at a meeting on Monday whether it benefited the common people and expressed concern over rising prices of critical kitchen items like sugar, vegetables and edible oil despite declining international prices. The meeting of the ECC, presided over by Finance Minister Muhamm
The annual inflation maintained a decelerating trend, hitting a nine-year low at 2.4 per cent year-on-year in January, mainly due to a decline in prices of perishable food products. The headline inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), decreased to 9.6pc in August 2024, the first single-digit figure in more than three years, and the path of slowing down continued in the following
Following the directives of the Presidency, the inquiry by the audit department of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has finalised a demand of Rs18 billion in sales tax on the tractor maker. The case relates to an inquiry by the FBR against Millat Tractors Ltd (MTL), related to sales tax thefts under benami laws but the company challenged the action by the FBR at the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO
Despite a rise of 11.64 per cent in sales during January, local cement despatches recorded a 7.6pc drop to 21.435 million tonnes during the first seven months of the current fiscal year from 23.196m tonnes in the corresponding period last year. Exports, however, increased 31.54pc to 5.392m tonnes during 7MFY25 from 4.099m tonnes a year ago. Total cement sales — domestic and exports — fell by