Friday, June 11th, 2021
Rs 8,487 bn people-friendly budget
Shaukat Tarin delivers budget speech amid Opposition’s ruckus; duties on local cars reduced; tax on printing materials cut; taxation system made easy; FBR reforms announced; motor bikes also become cheap Commerce Reporter ISLAMABAD, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin presented the budget 2021-22. The finance minister was greeted by jeers from Opposition benches, with members shouting slogans and taunting the finance minister by laughing loudly as he praised PM Imran Khan’s economic initiatives. He announced that the total outlay of the budget had been kept at Rs 8,478 billion and had set theRead More
UN rights commissioner urges intensified diplomacy on Myanmar
NEW YORK, JUN 11 – The United Nations High Commissoner on Human Rights on Friday warned of worsening violence in Myanmar and encouraged a stronger diplomatic effort by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other “influential states”. “There appear to be no efforts towards de-escalation but rather a build-up of troops in key areas, contrary to the commitments the military made to ASEAN to cease the violence,” Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel behind Iran nuclear attacks
The outgoing chief of Israel‘s Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran‘s nuclear program and a military scientist. The comments by Yossi Cohen, speaking to Israel’s Channel 12 investigative program “Uvda” in a segment aired Thursday night, offered an extraordinary debriefing by the head of the typically secretive agency in what appears to be the final days of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s rule. It also gave a clear warning to other scientists in Iran’s nuclear program that they too could become targets for assassination even as diplomats inRead More
Serena hotels sign MoU with WWF, AKRSP for climate mitigation
DNA ISLAMABAD: Serena Hotels have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with World Wide Fund for Nature–Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan), and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) with the aim to further the common objectives of climate mitigation, climate adaptation, land degradation, food security, biodiversity conservation and enhancing community resilience in view of Pakistan’s needs, and to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The MoU signing ceremony was held at the Islamabad Serena Hotel which was graced by the Federal Minister and Advisor to the Prime Minister of PakistanRead More
A bushy-bearded Pakistani who serves Qasim power plant rated as role model
DNA BEIJING, June 11: Wearing a plain kurta, a chic waistcoat and a white hat, under Faisal Bashir’s bushy beard is his shallow smile. Known by all workers as whisker dude, he is an accountant at Port Qasim Electric Power Company. He has been mainly responsible for the company’s taxation, auditing, and external coordination. He is proactive and conscientious in his work, says a report carried by China Economic Net on Friday. The Port Qasim power plant is a 1.32GW coal-fired plant developed approximately 37km southeast of Karachi, Pakistan. JointlyRead More
Soul-Searching to Countering Hate
Wajeeha Bilal When we have been raised in multi-cultural and multi-national surroundings, everyone around us looks so much like us that it affects us in some way or the other. They touch our lives, and it impacts our emotions from childhood. We find ways to make friends with them and express care for them in our own way. As we think of our childhood; playing with children from different countries and different faiths, every day seemed like a celebration. This idea of being able to care for the people whoRead More