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FBR misses revised target by Rs450b

[ Tax target. Design: Ibrahim Yahya ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s tax shortfall has jumped to Rs450 billion against the downward revised target for the first eight months of this fiscal year, increasing the prospects of a second revision amid the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s view that the tax base cannot be broadened soon. Till the … Read more

Security on high-alert due to tense situation at borders

KARACHI: A city teeming with illegal and legally registered Afghan immigrant population is on tenterhooks as tensions flare up on borders. The Ghazab-lil-Haq operation of the Pakistan’s armed forces against the Afghan Taliban Regime has set the civil administrations in major cities on their toes to prevent any subversive activity by foreign sponsored terrorists. In … Read more