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Moving forward: China’s help for ‘smartphones made in Pakistan’
Will invest in manufacturing plant, to enjoy reduced income tax rates.
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Pooling resources: Denmark assures assistance for wind power turbines
More green energy sought by Pakistani authorities.
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Consumers could be forced to repay loans of power firms
Govt likely to raise tariff to recover Rs260b worth of borrowing .
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Cigarettes, garments, leather: Tax increase comes into force before start of year
FBR begins collecting higher taxes to bridge revenue gap in outgoing year.
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Widening tax base: Heavy taxes imposed on transfer of vehicle ownership
New rates equal to charges for registering a new vehicle; move likely to lead to surge in prices of used cars.
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See-saw: Tax relief traded off with new tax
The government has imposed Rs250 tax on IMEI activation.
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Forex: Reserves on the rise
The central bank’s foreign exchange reserves increased $33 million to $8,683 million.
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Win-win: Move will benefit industry and government, says analysts
Government proposes to replace FED collection system.
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Market watch: Amid Karachi unrest, index loses intra-day gains
Benchmark KSE-100 index falls 35.05 points.
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UBL book-building prepared to move forward
Government to divest its residual shareholding.
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‘Abolition of 10% FED only on local cars unfair move’
Dealers’ association complains govt favouring local assemblers.
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Spiralling: Steel prices to rise after budgetary measures
Will go up Rs6,000 due to increase in taxes.
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Number crunching: Finance Bill 2014 reveals budget as unfriendly
Telecom sector laments ‘high taxation rates’, to meet Dar soon.
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Affordable: LPG may get cheaper as govt plans to fix prices
State could take over market control by rescinding deregulation.
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Pakistan-China corridor: Two strategically vital projects approved
Overall, CDWP clears six development schemes costing Rs130b.
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Dar downplays ‘pro-business’ tilt
Says influential segment has been brought under tax net for the first time.
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Energy sector reforms: Japan agrees to give concessionary loan
“We are pleased to work with Pakistan to tackle this problem in cooperation with other development partner,”says envoy
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Green light: FCCI terms budget business-friendly
Budget will help in streamlining the national economy in a permanent and sustained manner.
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Powering through: Chinese company, APTMA sign MoU
Coal power plant to meet textile body’s energy needs.
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Right direction: Despite reservations, OICCI terms budget ‘commendable’
Incentives mark substantial step towards economic growth.
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Power outages dent pace of economic growth
Government plans to end load-shedding by 2018.
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Construction industry hopeful after govt pledge
Plan to revive House Building Finance Company pleases sector.
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Market watch: Bourse experiences post-budget uncertainty
Benchmark KSE-100 index falls 52.75 points.
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Taxing away: Don’t blow up the proposal in smoke
Industry wants enforcement to discourage illicit trade.
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Another blow: JJVL loses review petition, right to extract LPG
Second setback after project annulled due to irregularities in December 2013 .
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Mortgage refinance: Company to be established in 2014-15, says Dar
Total paid-up capital to be Rs6b, govt to invest Rs1.2 billion.
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Real estate and textile: Lobbies get tax plans changed in their favour
Ministers demand increase in salaries, PM rejects.
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The mantra of every budget session: 'This budget is not people-friendly'
PPP Senator says budget has been prepared by industrialists for businessmen with no relief for common man.
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2014-15: Fiscal year brings Rs231b in new taxes
Govt scraps Rs103b tax exemptions to broaden revenue base.
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Index plunges before slight recovery
Benchmark KSE-100 index drops 284.87 points.
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For less than 12 months: Proposal put forward to increase Capital Gains Tax to 12.5%
Tax not applicable on sale of stocks after holding period of 2 years.
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Tax proposed on business class air passengers
Govt proposes 3% advance tax on business and club class air passengers in a bid to widen the tax net.
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Telecom receives much-needed relief
FED removed, withholding tax reduced by 1%.
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Outlook: Stitching optimism for the textile sector
Industry players term package a surety for increasing exports.
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Subsidy pool gets leaner as govt sets aside Rs203b
Energy firms and essential commodities will get cushion.
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Minimum wage fixed at Rs12,000, up by Rs2,000
Dar’s written speech, however, states lower wage increase than announced.
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Defence spending jacked up by 11.1%
After Rs73b increase defence budget for 2014-15 stands at Rs700.2b.
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Roads and Railways get Rs113 billion
Allocations made for new motorways, bridges, locomotives, train systems.
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Cabinet approves budget proposals
Prime Minister Nawaz says main objective of new budget was to provide relief to the masses and increase tax base.
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Budget breakdown: Govt expects to receive $8.6b in foreign loans
Pakistan to receive Rs1b from China, Rs16b under Kerry-Lugar Act; Rs49.5bn from Islamic Development Bank.
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Austerity measures: PM Office spending slashed for now, but door open for revision
Govt made a cut, at least on paper, in budget of PM’s Office for fiscal year 2014-15, pegging it on Rs779.35...
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Law ministry bags Rs1.2 billion
Islamabad High Court gets a significant chunk for reconstruction.
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Budget 2014-15: Real-time analysis
In-depth analysis of the budget for fiscal year 2014-15.
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Budget 2014-15: HEC allocated Rs63b in FY15
A total of Rs63 billion will be made for the HEC.
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Budget 2014-15: PSDP size increased to Rs525 billion
PSDP size has been increased by 24% increase from last year
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Vital supplies: Though energy gets top priority, gas production edges down
Oil output rises; power generation to increase 16,564MW in four years.
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Stocking money: KSE index’s post-election increase clocks in at 45.2%
Foreign inflows fuel rally, improve business sentiments during FY14.
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Money matters: Private sector credit touches six-year high
Massive loans taken for business expansion in outgoing fiscal year.
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Agriculture posts lower than expected growth
Dismal performance cause of concern for agrarian economy.
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Budget 2014-15: Every Pakistani now owes Rs82,627
With debt servicing on the rise, long-term debt becomes saving grace.

















































