ISLAMABAD: Two days after surrendering to the public protest by withdrawing a controversial ordinance that offered an amnesty of Rs210 billion to large companies without a prior audit, the federal government asked the Supreme Court for a hearing out of turn of pending cases related to Gas Cess Infrastructure Development Tax (GIDC). On Friday, Attorney […]
LAHORE: Several former test cricketers on Thursday gave a mixed response to the decision of the Pakistan Cricket Board to grant Misbah-ul-Haq the double role of head coach and lead coach of the national team. The PCB appointed former Pakistan captain Misbah for the double role on Wednesday. While batting legend Javed Miandad and former
ISLAMABAD: According to the directives of the Office of the Prime Minister, the attorney general's office is busy collecting relevant data to file an urgent request before the Supreme Court for an early hearing of pending petitions related to the Cess Infrastructure case of Gas Development (GIDC). On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan, while withdrawing
ISLAMABAD: The tax base has expanded significantly in the first year of the PTI-led coalition government, according to a presentation given by the Federal Revenue Board (FBR) to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, as the number of new tax returns Taxpayers have more than tripled during the period. The data showed that up to
WASHINGTON: Their common interests demand that the United States and Pakistan maintain a cautious relationship with modest expectations, argues former US defense secretary James Mattis. In his autobiography Call Sign Chaos, President Trump's first head of defense points out that Pakistan's complicated relations with India force Islamabad to seek a friendly government in Kabul. Mattis,
LONDON: Two people were arrested in connection with a demonstration in front of the High Commission of India in the Aldwych area in London on Tuesday. The demonstration, announced as the "March for the freedom of Kashmir," was organized to show solidarity with the people of Kashmir in India 30 days after Article 370 was
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister of Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh (second left) along with Abdul Razak Dawood, Omar Ayub Khan, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar and Hammad Azhar at a joint press conference on Wednesday. ISLAMABAD: Surrendering to public protest, Prime Minister Imran Khan finally decided to withdraw on Wednesday a controversial ordinance promulgated last week that
It may not be a time for Saigon for US forces, however, an imminent agreement with the Taliban that paves the way for the gradual withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan is no less ignominious for Washington. It may not be a surrender document, but it is not a declaration of victory for the
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated on Tuesday that his Pakistani government Tehreek-i-Insaf was striving to provide all possible facilities to entrepreneurs to accelerate economic activity in the country. "The government is giving top priority to the ease of doing business, as it is imperative to accelerate economic activity," the prime minister said while speaking
WASHINGTON: Alarmed by rising tensions in occupied Kashmir, the US Department of State urges all parties to show restraint and moderate their rhetoric. In addition, Indian media reported on Tuesday that even a month-long curfew failed to subdue the people of Kashmir who continue to reject the revocation of the semi-autonomous state of New Delhi
