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Tax figure fudging: Pawns fall, king plus one survive
FBR chairman receives a clean bill from a parliamentary panel.
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FBR hides actual flood tax collection target
Tax authority manages to collect only Rs8b against target of Rs36b.
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Pipe dreams: Sanctions determine Pakistan’s response to Iran’s offer
Tehran agrees to review all of its barriers to trade for Pakistani exports.
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Pakistan-Iran economic dialogue: Trade barriers dominate first day of talks
Tehran wants facilitation of banks; Islamabad wants removal of tariffs.
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Acute energy shortages: Committee fails to come up with concrete solution
Meets PM today but without a final set of recommendations.
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Scam in the making: Tender for locomotives favours US companies
Bidders accuse Railways of taking kickbacks in purchasing locomotives.
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Energy cooperation: Iran willing to build Pakistan section of gas pipeline
Delegation from Tehran expected to offer expanded economic collaboration with Islamabad.
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Company cost accounting reports may be kept secret
CCP feels disclosure leads to corruption in industry.
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Devil in the details: $5.7b ‘discrepancy’ leaves debt office clueless
State Bank figures include short-term borrowing; catch finance ministry off-guard.
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Fiscal impropriety: If we cross the debt limit quietly, nobody will notice
Total govt debts now exceed the maximum allowed by the 2005 Debt Limitation Act.