Expert urges government to bring more tax payers in tax net

MULTAN: An expert on economy has urged the government to bring more people under the tax fold who earn taxable income but still not listed as tax payers. Talking to reporter here Tuesday, Dr. Fahad Qureshi, a social sciences teacher of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan said that there were around eight (8) million people […]

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Dairy farmers defers protest on assurance of DC Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Diary Farmers Association of Peshawar has postponed its protest for increasing prices of milk and other dairy products on assurance of Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, Shafiullah Khan. According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, the announcement to this effect was made by President Dairy Farmers Association Peshawar, Muhammad Asif Awan. The protest was […]

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Joint ventures worth millions discussed with Saudi Investors: FPCCI President

KARACHI: President FPCCI Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has expressed his satisfaction over a high-profile, bilaterally well-attended and extensive session of Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Joint Business Council. The session was meant to enhance the trade volume and exploring avenues for joint ventures, said FPCCI statement on Tuesday. The all-encompassing session was organized on business-to-business format in the presence […]

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KP Assembly passes supplementary budget of Rs234.98 bn for fiscal year 2021-22

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Tuesday passed supplementary budget for fiscal year 2021-22 and also approved 54 demands for grants of Rs 234.98 billion. All the joint opposition members withdrew their cut-motions during the assembly proceedings chaired by Deputy Speaker Mahmood Jan. Ahmad Kundi of PPP said that Village Council Chairman should be empowered like in […]

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Cabinet approves KP Teachers (Appointment and Regularization of Services) Bill

PESHAWAR: The meeting of provincial cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan here Tuesday approved ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Teachers (Appointment and Regularization of Services) Bill, 2021’ to regularize services of teachers appointed on ad hoc basis through NTS in the province since 2017. The meeting besides cabinet members was also attended by the Provincial Chief Secretary, […]

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SU announces B.Com (Pass) annual examination results

HYDERABAD: The Controller of Examination University of Sindh Jamshoro Thursday announced the results of B.Com (Pass) Part-I and part-II annual examination 2020 of affiliated colleges. According to the announcement, a total of 1007 male and female candidates appeared in B.Com (Pass) Part-I annual examination, of them 736 have been declared pass, 80 have been failed […]

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Minister seeks resolution of APP’s issues in light of BoDs directive

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Tuesday raised the issues of the journalist community including Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), a national news agency, whose staffers were staging their protest at the Constitutional Avenue for their due rights. Speaking in National Assembly (NA), he urged the authorities concerned to meet the valid […]

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