ISLAMABAD: Amid a record fiscal deficit and low revenue collection, the Federal Revenue Board (FBR) delivered 482,354 notices to unregistered or non-compliant industrial and commercial consumers across the country in order to persuade them to submit income by electronic files. Tax return for fiscal year 2019. Alarmingly poor compliance with tax laws is at the […]
NEW YORK: Any help from the United States to encourage bilateral discussions between India and Pakistan would help preserve the global order and serve to improve the security of Americans, says a letter signed by 35 US lawmakers. The letter, addressed to Kelly Craft, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, also conveys the
UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani landed Monday in New York for the UN General Assembly, but he will not be allowed to see much of the Big Apple while he is here. The president of Iran is subject to the same strict travel restrictions imposed on Iranian mission personnel before the United Nations in
KARACHI: Government loans from scheduled banks increased 99 percent in a week and ended September 13, the State Bank reported Monday. During the week of September 6 to 13, government loans increased by Rs443.5 billion to Rs899bn. This is almost equal to the amount borrowed (Rs455.8bn) from July 1 to September 6. The State Bank
KARACHI: Arundhati Roy, J.M. Coetzee and Sally Rooney are among the more than 250 writers who have defended Kamila Shamsie after a German literary prize withdrew an award for her support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. As reported by The Guardian, in an open letter published in the London Review of
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Drug Regulatory Authority (Drap) on Monday ordered dozens of companies across the country to stop manufacturing drugs made with the raw material "Ranitidine", including Zantac, and withdraw all those products that are already in the market. The substance is used for the treatment of heartburn and related discomfort. The directive was issued
ISLAMABAD: Mainly supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, Pakistan has secured foreign entries of $ 1,622 billion in the first two months (July-August) of the current fiscal year, almost 100 percent more than $ 820 million last year. The latest data from the Economic Affairs Division on foreign assistance, a classification that includes
VALLETTA: Five nations of the European Union agreed on Monday a temporary agreement for the disembarkation and relocation of migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean from ships not suitable for trafficking in persons, with officials who press for a broader agreement that involves to more EU countries. During the talks in Malta, the interior ministers
WASHINGTON: On Monday the pressure increased for US Democrats to initiate political trial proceedings against President Donald Trump, who faces accusations that he tried to extort Ukraine to reveal dirt on his political rival Joe Biden. A defiant Trump said he is taking the threat of political judgment "not quite seriously" and tried to make
KABUL: A Taliban delegation met with the Chinese special representative for Afghanistan in Beijing on Sunday to discuss the group’s peace talks with the United States, a spokesman for the militant group said. The meeting comes after the cancellation of the eleventh hour of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, earlier this month
