The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has established a Central Appraisement Unit (CAU) in Karachi to enhance the quality of assessment and ensure uniformity and transparency in the processing of Goods Declarations (GDs). The CAU is a key component of the customs reforms under Faceless Customs Assessment (FCA), aimed at modernising customs operations to lighten the workload of appraising officers
The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has strongly condemned the government’s decision to discontinue gas supply to highly efficient captive power plants (CPPs) from Feb 1, 2025. PTEA Patron-in-Chief Khurram Mukhtar called the move a critical threat to the textile industry and a barrier to realising Pakistan’s full export potential, according to the association press release issued
The K-Electric’s request for Rs68 billion in ‘unrecoverable dues’ from defaulters came under strong opposition from stakeholders for its additional impact on consumers and taxpayers in the shape of budgetary and tariff adjustment. The Karachi-based power utility has filed a write-off claim of Rs68bn, which it says accumulated over seven years since FY2017 based on a tariff determination of 2018
The performance of electricity supply companies declined in 2023-24, resulting in a loss of over Rs660 billion to the national exchequer. This deterioration was attributed to increased inefficiencies, including high losses and low recovery rates. Additionally, most power plants in private and public sectors imposed an even greater, yet unquantifiable, burden on consumers and taxpayers. In it
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday surged to another record high as the KSE-100 index gained over 900 points, powered by extensive institutional buying and widespread optimism about the policy rate reduction in the upcoming monetary policy announcement. In the morning, the market opened with negative sentiment due to concerns over the advance-to-deposit ratio (ADR) condition for banks, whi