Sunday, June 27th, 2021
Pakistan Business Council in raising awareness is commendable : Sanjrani
Islamabad : Chairman Senate of Pakistan Sadiq Sanjrani has said that the generous policies of the government of Pakistan along with infrastructure development have provided business opportunities to industrialists and traders, especially export opportunities and especially the development of industry and trade in Pakistan which has strengthened the national economy. The role of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is of paramount importance. He said this while meeting a delegation of UK Pakistan Business Council in Islamabad. He said that there is a huge potential for bilateral trade betweenRead More
New Zealand hopeful of touring Pakistan before T20 World Cup
The New Zealand cricket team is optimistic about touring Pakistan after 18 years for a series before the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. This was said by Chief Executive New Zealand Cricket David White Saturday. In a statement, White said the New Zealand board was in contact with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistani government agencies. “All going well, ensuring that we satisfy all the security arrangements which I’m confident we will do, we will be touring Pakistan,” he said. New Zealand is looking forward to playing a white-ballRead More
Fbr Notifies Lowering Sales Tax On Petroleum Products
ISLAMABAD : The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has on Sunday notified lowering sales tax on petroleum products. According to the notification issued today, the sales tax on petrol and high-speed diesel will remain the same while it was lowered on Kerosene oil and light diesel. A sales tax of 17 percent is currently applied on petrol and high-speed diesel. The tax on Kerosene oil was lowered to 6.7 percent from 9.15 percent while it was lowered to 0.2 percent on light diesel after previously being charged at 2.74 percent.Read More
No one will be allowed to take law in his hand: Sindh CM
Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah said no one would be allowed to take law in his hand. Talking to media at Hala, he said it was absolutely not correct to set ablaze the houses of the people and the property of government at Bahria town Karachi. Syed Murad Ali Shah said that high-handedness would not be tolerated to any people of the province.
Govt making efforts to get mega development projects from Federal Govt: CM
Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan says the provincial government is making all-out efforts to get mega development projects from the Federal Government. Speaking in Balochistan Assembly, the Chief Minister said work is underway on western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project. He said we have allocated two billion rupees in the budget for CUMAK program for the welfare of handicapped people. Similarly one billion rupees will be spent for the welfare of fishermen. Later, the speaker Balochistan Assembly Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo prorogued the session for anRead More
PM Imran Khan announces ‘new records’ set by Roshan Digital Account
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan announced new records set by the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) Sunday, announcing that inflows and deposits had both increased by a huge margin. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister announced the “good news” by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). “Good news from SBP. #RoshanDigitalAccount achieves more milestones. Inflows crossed $1.5 bn on Friday, with investment in Naya Pakistan Certificates surpassing $1 bn,” he tweeted. He announced that accounts and deposits at the RDA had also set new records since the “$1bn event twoRead More