Mubarak Zeb Khan

Articles by Mubarak Zeb Khan

Afghanistan bears heavier economic cost as Pakistan trade suspension bites harder

Business December 31, 2025

Unlike the common perception, the suspension of bilateral trade between Islamabad and Kabul for nearly two-and-a-half months has hit Afghanistan far harder than Pakistan, with export losses running se...

Trade deficit with Middle East swells to $5.9bn

Business December 28, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with the Middle East swelled by 7.88 per cent during the first five months of 2025-26, driven by a surge in imports and a decline in exports to the region. In abs...

Trade deficit with Mideast swells to $5.9bn

Business December 28, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with the Middle East swelled by 7.88 per cent during the first five months of 2025-26, driven by a surge in imports and a decline in exports to the region. In abs...

FBR cracks down on healthcare tax evasion

Business December 26, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has intensified its enforcement drive across the country against tax evasion in the private healthcare sector by placing Inland Revenue Service (IRS) offi...

40pc tax returns show nil income

Business December 14, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The country’s top tax machinery is confronted with a big dilemma of nil-filers, which has reached an alarming level of nearly 39 per cent of total income tax returns in the tax year 2025,...

NA body orders review of mobile phone taxes

Business December 10, 2025

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Tuesday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to prepare a report on tax rates for mobile phones, covering ...

Exports to five central Asian states contract

Business December 9, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to five central Asian countries (CACs) shrank 9.59 per cent year-on-year during the first four months of the current fiscal year. The country’s exports to the region ...

UN aid consignments cleared for Afghanistan

Health December 4, 2025

ISLAMABAD: After neΒ­aΒ­rly two months of halΒ­ted cross-border cargo moΒ­vΒ­ement, the Pakistani government has begun clearing humanitarian consΒ­iΒ­gΒ­nΒ­ments for AfghanΒ­istan, marking the first c...

Declaration of assets now must for govt employees

Business November 28, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has expanded the category of officials required to publicly disclose their assets, a new regulatory step aimed at increasing transparency and reportedly taken...