Friday, January 1st, 2021
FBR Narrowly Misses Six Month’s Tax Collection Target Again
ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released the provisional revenue collection figures for the first six months of the current year. According to the provisional information, FBR has collected a net revenue of Rs. 2.204 trillion, reflecting a shortfall of Rs. 6 billion of its six-monthly target of Rs. 2.210 trillion for the current fiscal year from July to December. However, FBR’s net revenue grew by 5% as compared with the collection of Rs. 2.101 trillion in the same period last year. Income Tax collection for JulyRead More
Indian envoy summoned
DNA ISLAMABAD: A senior Indian diplomat was summoned to foreign office on Friday to register Pakistan’s strong protest over ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation Forces along the Line of Control on 30th December 2020, resulting in serious injuries to one innocent civilian. In a statement on Friday, the foreign office spokesperson said that due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Kotkotera Sector of the LoC, 34 year old Muhammad Sarfaraz at Phalni Bazar, sustained serious injuries. It is pertinent to mention here that theRead More
WHO approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use
This is a very positive step towards ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines,” Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to Medicines and Health Products Agencies NEW YORK: The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for it to be distributed to countries in need. It is the first vaccine to be added to the UN organization’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) Regulatory experts convened by WHO from around the world and its own teams reviewed the dataRead More
PDM decides to resort to defiance mode
Fazal comes down heavy on the establishment for supporting the PTI government; announces to direct all their criticism towards the establishment Abid Raza/DNA LAHORE: The leaders of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Friday addressed a press conference and said that the 11-party alliance is stronger than before, adding that rumours about conflicts within the party are false. Speaking on behalf of the alliance, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reiterated that the government only has one month to resign, after which PDM members will join heads and start planning the long march.Read More
Ehsaas touched lives of half country’s population in 2020
ISLAMABAD, JAN 01 (DNA) – The internationally appraised Ehsaas program has touched the lives of half the country’s population amid the COVID-19 crises in the country during the year 2020 and continues to empower the weakest segments of society through its multi-faceted initiatives. According to the annual report disclosed by the Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Division (PASSD) headed by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishtar, many transformative initiatives and policy reforms have effectively been implemented nationwide since the launch of EhsaasRead More
Covid-19 claims 71 deaths, 2,463 new Coronavirus
ISLAMABAD, JAN 01 (DNA) – The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan on Friday amid beginning of New Year reached 34,773 with 2,463 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 2,156 people recovered from the Coronavirus during the last 24 hours. Seventy One corona patients, 61 of whom were under treatment in hospital and 10 in their respective homes or quarantines died on Monday, according to the latest update issued by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC). During the last 24 hours most of theRead More