Dear Learned Recipient

590+ Taxes & Levies (including FED, GIDC, Budgets, IMF, ORS/BS 19+ FST cum Customs Duty but excluding those which are exclusively about Customs Duty)

1.             Expert warns of IRIS slowdown ahead of IT return filing deadline-BR

2.             Section 147 of Income Tax Ordinance 2001: Taxpayers must deposit 90pc advance tax: ATIR Multan-BR

3.             FBR warns strict penalties for non-filing of 2025 tax returns-PK

4.             Tax experts, others urge FBR to extend IT return filing deadline-BR

5.             Business community praises role of FTO-BR

6.             Tax filing gaps highlighted in jewellery sector-DD

7.             SHC rules in favor of FBR on e-invoicing dispute-PK

8.             PTAA seeks tax return filing deadline till Nov 30-PK

9.             Zero income, millionaire lifestyle: Pakistan’s tax system under fire-DD

10.          Rates of Sales Tax Default Surcharge for 2025-26-PK

Economy & Inflation matters (including Import, Export & CPEC)

1.             Pakistan, Bangladesh explore new avenues for trade, investment cooperation-APP

2.             CPEC Phase II officially launched at 14th JCC meeting: Planning minister-TN

3.             Reko Diq now under ECC focus-BR

4.             Pakistan seeks to deepen economic ties with Riyadh-ET

5.             China allows import of Pakistani plant-based medicinal materials-TN

6.             PSMA concerned over govt’s decision to import sugar despite sufficient stocks-TN

7.             Locally developed soybean varieties to save Pakistan $1b in imports: Expert-TN

8.             Export of footwear increases 10.95pc in Jul-Aug-APP

9.             Export of footwear up 10.95pc in Jul-Aug-TN

10.          Rs50 per litre hike in milk price demanded by Karachi farmers-TNS

36+ Customs Duty (including PSW)

KCAA elections: Customs Agents Alliance wins 28 out of 30 seats-BR

460+ Company Laws

Ahsan seeks 10,000 PhD scholarships for Pakistani students, ASEAN-level trade access under CPEC 2.0-APP

Market (Stock, Currency, Gold, Textile, Cotton & PMEX)

1.             PSX scales new peak on geopolitical, economic developments-DD

2.             PSX rally pushes KSE-100 close to 163,000 level amid broad-based buying-BR

3.             Today’s Currency Rates in Pakistan – September 29, 2025-PK

4.             Latest Currency Exchange Rates in Pakistan – September 28, 2025-PK

5.             Gold prices increase by Rs1,900 to Rs397,700 per tola-APP

6.             Gold price surges-TN

7.             Gold and Silver Prices in Pakistan – September 28, 2025-PK

8.             Gold hits record high as soft dollar, rate-cut bets lift appeal-BR

9.             Pakistan Gold today price & History with search of any date

10.          Pakistan Silver today price & History with search of any date

11.          World Gold & SIlver Prices Live and Gold Price World Price History

12.          World Silver & Gold Price Live and Silver History (USD)

13.          Ban on inter-provincial movement hurts sugar sale-ET

14.          Sugar millers say starting crushing early will not be feasible-BR

15.          Dar leads efforts to boost yields with Pakistan Cotton Plan 2026-DD

16.          Weekly Cotton Review: Market witnesses significant improvement in prices-BR

POL, Gas, other Minerals & Electricity (including Solar & Water)

1.             Power Cement to set up 7.5MW wind captive power plant under Rs1.5bn deal with BCEM-BR

2.             All Pakistan Textile Mills Association slams ‘unrealistic’ plan of power generation-DD

Weather Updates 

1.             The Weather-BR

2.             Punjab Expected Hot Weather on Sept 28–29-PK

320+ Human Resources (including Training, Health, Precautions & Safety - other than above areas)

Islamabad dengue alert: 36 fresh cases confirmed-PK

The below news items are extracted after sending yesterday email:

(A) Six Newspapers Websites [Business Recorder (BR), Daily Dawn (DD), Express Tribune (ET), The News (TNS), The Nation (TN) & Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)] and

(B) Three other Business Websites [Pakistan Revenue (PK), Profit Pakistan Today (PPT) & Daily Times (DTS)]

(C) The above areas are covered by average 5 specialized team members, covering about 16 hours per day at different timing slots, under the Leadership of Mr Asif S Kasbati (FCA, FCMA & LLB).

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Kasbati & Co Team