Islamabad—Federal Minister for Industries and
Production Mian Manzoor Ahmad Watto on Friday
said the government would establish 6,000
additional Utility Stores outlets across the
country to provide quality items of daily use on
subsidised rates to the people.
Islamabad—As many as 9760 farmers have so far
placed their orders for purchasing tractors on
subsidized rates under the Benazir Tractor
Scheme (BTS) initiated by the government through
the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) for the
development of agriculture sector in the
country.
Karachi—Shipping activity remained
active at the Port where three ships carrying
Containers and Coal were berthed at Qasim
International Container Terminal and Iron ore &
Coal Berth respectively on Thursday. Meanwhile
two more Container ships also arrived at outer
anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours.
Islamabad—Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (ICCI) has strongly opposed the two
percent hike in Federal Excise Duty (FED) as
proposed by Federal Board of Revenue and
stressed upon the government to explore avenues
for broadening tax base instead of putting more
pressure on the existing taxpayers.
Islamabad—The country’s telecom sector has shown
20 percent growth in its revenues by generating
Rs.327.8 billion total revenues in fiscal year
2008-09. As per annual report for year 2008-9
issued by PTA on Friday, the government
collected Rs.112 billion in the form of taxes
from the sector.
