ISLAMABAD: Amid growing criticism about a lucrative amnesty that was extended to fertilizer plants, power plants and other businesses before the audit, the federal cabinet on Tuesday ordered the Ministry of Law to examine how another amendment could be made to a Cess of recently introduced gas infrastructure development (GIDC) Amendment Ordinance, 2019. The government […]
ISLAMABAD: Responding to the diplomatic reach of Pakistan to several world capitals on the latest events in Kashmir, the foreign ministers of the two main Muslim countries, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (United Arab Emirates), will arrive to Islamabad on Wednesday (today) on an official one-day visit to hold talks with Pakistani civil
ISLAMABAD: The government defended on Monday its decision to cancel around Rs210 billion to large companies from its outstanding Rs420bn bills because of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), saying it gave up past invoices & # 39; uncertain & # 39; ; to ensure a low but more certain flow of future income. "It is
KABUL: The US ambassador leading the efforts to forge an agreement with the Taliban met Monday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul and showed him the draft of a proposed agreement with the insurgents. Zalmay Khalilzad has spent about a year meeting with the Taliban in Doha in a series of talks aimed at
ISLAMABAD: Despite the tension with New Delhi over the Kashmir problem, Pakistan provided consular access on Monday to serve the Indian naval commander and intelligence operation Kulbhushan Jadhav in organizing his meeting with the official in charge of the High Commission of India Gaurav Ahluwalia in line with the Vienna Convention and the July 17
NEW DELHI: Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the Modi government on Sunday to reject his revenge policy, which he blamed as a factor in India's worrying economic outlook. In a recorded message to Prime Minister Narenda Modi, she said that the 5 percent growth in India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) signaled a prolonged
ISLAMABAD: Stakeholders of the missing Pakistan Steel Mills have alerted Prime Minister Imran Khan about deliberate delays over interests created in the revival or sale of the country's largest industrial complex that has been bleeding for more than a decade. Composed of employees, pensioners, suppliers, distributors and contractors, the PSM Stakeholder Group (PSMSG) said it
ISLAMABAD: The Vice President of the National Assembly, Qasim Khan Suri, raised on Sunday the cause of Kashmir at the summit of the Sustainable Development Goals and informed its participants about the uncontrollable steps and atrocities committed by the Indian government against innocent people of Kashmir stopped. Members of the Indian delegation at the summit
ISLAMABAD: A group of experts from the energy sector has opposed the draft Alternative and Renewable Energy (ARE) policy saying that it is not structured, is deficient and contradictory to various regulations and codes and does not provide a clear roadmap for the renewable energy development. A panel of 10-member experts, including former heads of
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday revealed a completely renovated 2019-20 national cricket structure, while stating that the new system will produce quality cricket players that will show consistency. The PCB also announced that it would decentralize the powers, currently held by it, to the cricket associations. However, by limiting first-class competition to
