ISLAMABAD: The National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Thursday reviewed the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) policy draft to regulation and simplification of tax regime for SMEs countrywide. The forum comprehensively deliberated upon the framework of proposed national SME policy. Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar chaired a review meeting of National Coordination […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday attended the OIC Contact Group meeting on Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on the margins of 76 UNGA in New York, USA. OIC’s Contact Group has made invaluable contribution in galvanizing global attention to the worsening situation in the Indian Illegally […]
Read MoreNEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said that Pakistan was in sync with the international community wanting to see a peaceful and stable Afghanistan with no space for terrorist elements to increase their foothold. The foreign minister, in an interview with The Associated Press, said like the international community, Pakistan also wanted Taliban […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday granted National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a fourteen days physical remand of owner of B4U company Saif ur Rehman in a case pertaining to looting the citizens on the name of investment. The NAB produced the accused before AC-Judge Muhammad Bashir. Saif ur Rehman was arrested by the bureau […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC), chaired by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem held here on Thursday. Two Agenda Items out of six were approved so as to be placed before the cabinet. Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood on Thursday said that Ministry of Commerce has released new refunds worth Rs. 6, 000 million under the Drawback on Local Taxes and Levies (DLTL) schemes. This includes Rs. 5, 400 million for textile sector and Rs. 600 million for non-textile sectors, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has summoned the Senate session to meet on Friday at 10: 30 am in the Parliament House. The President summoned the session in exercise of power conferred by clause (1) of Article of the Constitution, said a notification issued here on Thursday.
Read MoreNEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said the world community must provide support to the large Afghan refugee hosting countries in line with the principle of international responsibility and burden sharing. The foreign minister, in a meeting with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, underscored the importance […]
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