ISLAMABAD: In a nighttime development on Tuesday, the National Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) reduced profit rates in all national savings schemes. The new rates will be applicable to deposits and investments made from November 1. The benefit rate on the Defense Savings Certificate was reduced by 2.33 percentage points to 10.68pc, while the rate […]
ISLAMABAD: In a rare movement, almost 23 chief commissioners of Inland Revenue in a meeting with the president of the Federal Revenue Board (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi, demanded that the government withdraw the proposed reform measures for the tax authority within two days. But they were not clear about their course of action after two days
ISLAMABAD: Disappointed by the loss of Pakistan's team in the second Twenty20 International against Australia in Canberra on Tuesday, former sprinter Shoaib Akhtar said there are no hitters on the team who can take responsibility as Captain Babar Azam. “I feel disappointed for Pakistan and especially for Babar, who played superbly in the two T20s.
ISLAMABAD: The dengue outbreak has set a new record in the country, as during the current year more than 44,000 people have been infected with mosquito-borne disease and 66 of them have lost their lives. In 2011, 27,000 people were affected by the disease, but the number of deaths was almost six times higher, compared
ISLAMABAD: The controversy over the "government policy through ordinances" of the government deepened on Tuesday after the vague response of the government on its plan to establish presidential ordinances enacted before the Senate could not satisfy the opposition. The house had to be closed without commercial transactions after the president refused to issue a ruling
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday ordered senior bureaucrats to "deliver" and run the "risk" of making timely decisions without fearing the National Office of Responsibility (NAB). While presiding over a meeting of federal secretaries and chief secretaries of the provinces, Khan expressed dissatisfaction with his performance and told them that it had been
KARACHI: Freedom House has declared Pakistan "Not Free" in terms of Internet use for the ninth consecutive year, and the country score declined from 27 to 26 out of 100 in 2019. The international watchdog on Tuesday released its Freedom on the Net (FoTN) report for the year 2019, entitled "The crisis of social networks",
ISLAMABAD: The lead attorney representing Judge Qazi Faez Isa wondered on Tuesday if a judge must necessarily be arrested or suffer other outrages to cross the criteria of establishing that his dignity and privacy have been invaded. "Nobody leaves a trail to prove instances of the invasion of privacy and covert surveillance against a judge,"
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected the accusation of abuse by Kabul against his ambassador to Pakistan and emphasized adherence to diplomatic norms. "The Government of Pakistan extends due respect and courtesy and expects foreign envoys to conform to established diplomatic norms and principles," said the FO, rejecting the statement by the Afghan foreign
• Sets the goal of converting 3,000 CNG stations and 30-piece vehicles• Supports the decision of the Prime Minister on the entry without passport of Sikh pilgrims• Decides to renew CDA by appointing president of the private sector ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the federal cabinet approved an ambitious national electric vehicle (EV) policy under which a
