ISLAMABAD: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a financing agreement of $450 million to build six wind power projects in Pakistan. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has appreciated the World Bank’s financial and technical support to Pakistan. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: David Malpass, President of World Bank Group will arrive in Islamabad today Wednesday, October 30, 2019 for a three-day visit, his first trip to Pakistan since assuming World Bank Group leadership... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Thursday said that the enactment of six regulatory reforms has landed Pakistan among the world’s top 10 business climate improvers. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Friday approved a package of $518 million for two projects in support of Pakistan’s ambitious efforts to raise revenue and reduce compliance cost with a goal of... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: International Finance Commission (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with one of the largest hotel chains in South Asia, Serena Hotels Pakistan, to help it become the... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to a massive cut tax in exemptions and concessions in the budget 2019/2020, which is scheduled to be announced on June 11, 2019. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct tax audits of large taxpayers, who are selected through an automated risk-based tool. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is required to reduce number of withholding provisions to strengthen the income tax and take out this system from indirect taxes. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), unlike most revenue authorities in the world, is not organized along functional lines, nor does it have a clear hierarchical structure. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The requirement of filing monthly sales tax return is the main reason for Pakistan’s low ranking in the Paying Taxes Indicator of the World Bank. Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The taxation has not been widely considered as civic duty in Pakistan, the World Bank said in a report issued recently. Read more »