Traders react to Pakistan budget 2024-25
- 12-Jun-2024
ISLAMABAD: The business community and traders representative bodies across the country reacted to Pakistan budget 2024-25 with a total outlay of over Rs 18 trillion presented on Tuesday, ARY News reported. All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran, and chambers of commerce of different major cities including Karachi, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Rawalpindi rejected the budget and termed it anti-traders. […]
Budget 2024-25: Health insurance announced for journalists
- 12-Jun-2024
ISLAMABAD: The federal government announced resumption of the health insurance scheme for journalists and media workers across the country, ARY News reported. In his budget speech on the National Assembly floor, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said that in the first phase, there will be health insurance for 5,000 journalists, media, […]
Budget 2024-25: 18pc sales tax proposed on various items
- 12-Jun-2024
ISLAMABAD: The federal government proposed abolishing sales tax exemptions and concessions on various items including mobile phones, copper, coal, paper, and plastic scrap, ARY News reported. In his budget speech on the National Assembly floor, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb proposed a standard sales tax rate of 18 percent on various […]