Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
Hafeez Shaikh chairs ECC meeting of Cabinet
DNA ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, chaired the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet today. Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, Minister for Privatization Mohammad Mian Soomro, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar, Adviser to the PM on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, SAPM on Revenue Dr. Waqar Masood, SAPM on Petroleum Nadeem Babar and Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam participated in the meeting.Read More
Pakistan’s former ambassador accused of embezzling Rs19m in Bulgaria
ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 (DNA) – Pakistan’s accountability bureau has filed a corruption reference against a former ambassador for using embassy funds for personal expenses. Babar Hashmi has been accused of working with former accountant Tufail Qazi and embezzling Rs19 million from 2016 to 2018. The government released the funds for its embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. NAB Rawalpindi conducted the inquiry on the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two men have been accused of embezzling $96,052 (Rs15 million) and 45,758 Bulgarian lev (Rs4 million) for paying bills ofRead More
PM Imran urges Hazaras to bury slain miners, promises to visit them ‘very soon’
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged the protesting members of Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community to bury the bodies of the miners killed in a brutal attack in Mach, promising he would visit them “very soon”. On Sunday, armed attackers slit the throats of 11 miners in a residential compound near a mine site in Balochistan’s Mach coalfield area, filming the entire incident and later posting it online. The gruesome attack was claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Since then, thousands of Hazaras have staged a protest alongRead More
Malaysia records new daily high of 2,593 Covid-19 cases, 965 from Selangor
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Malaysia reported a new record high of 2,593 Covid-19 cases today, with 965 detected in Selangor, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. The latest daily addition is 68 cases more than the country’s previous record high of 2,525 cases, which was recorded on December 31 last year. After Selangor, the states with the highest number of new cases were Johor and Sabah. In a press conference this evening, Dr Noor Hisham said four more deaths were recorded while the total number ofRead More
Threats Posed by Islamophobia Need Collective Response of Muslim Leadership; Sanjrani
DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 – Expressing his delight on the recent development with regard to resumption of diplomatic ties between Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, Chairman Senate of Pakistan Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani termed it good omen for the whole Gulf region. He said that mutual differences between Qatar and KSA, Egypt, Bahrain and UAE have been resolved peacefully and normalization of diplomatic ties between these key players of the Gulf region would augur well for the socio-economic growth and prosperity of not only the Gulf regionRead More
FBR asked to revise mandatory filing of taxpayers’ profiles
ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 (DNA) – Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called upon the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to revise its policy for mandatory update of taxpayers’ profiles as it has created additional difficulties the business community and was discouraging the potential taxpayers from coming into the tax net. Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan said that about 2.3 million tax returns were filed in Pakistan, and one of the main reasons for the filing of low returns was the FBR’s tough laws for theRead More