Saturday, July 30th, 2022
Interior Minister thanks Saudi Arabia for ‘Road to Makkah’ project
ISLAMABAD, July 30 (DNA): Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has expressedgratitude to Saudi Arabia for the successful organization of Road toMakkah project to facilitate Pakistan Hajj pilgrims. Talking to Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malki inIslamabad on Saturday, the Interior Minister congratulated the Custodianof the Two Holy Mosques and Saudi government for excellent arrangementsfor Hajj. The Interior Minister said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would jointlyface all internal and regional security challenges. Expressing gratitude to Saudi Arabia for the successful organization ofRoad to Makkah project to facilitate Pakistani HajjRead More
PTI mulling filing ‘judicial reference’ against CEC for ‘violation of conduct’: Fawad
ISLAMABAD, JUL 30: PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said his party was considering filing a “judicial reference” against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja for what he described as the “violation of the election and judicial code of conduct”. “Two days ago, a meeting was held between the Election Commission of Pakistan and the government. In it, they discussed the PTI funding case,” he said, claiming that it was a “gross violation” of electoral rules. Chaudhry was referring to the recently-held meeting between the ECP and a delegation of theRead More
Protest camp to be held in front of EU External Action Service in Brussels
BRUSSELS, JUL 30 /DNA/ – A protest camp would be setup in front of European External Action Service (EU foreign Ministry) in Brussels, the capital of Belgium (at 3 pm) on Thursday, 4th August 2022. The event would be organized by Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) in connection day of 5th August 2019, when Indian government annulled special status of Jammu and Kashmir and imposed lockdown in the occupied Kashmir. A number of Kashmiri leaders and political workers were arrested in the occupied territory and atrocities against the people of KashmirRead More
Govt should address key issues of women entrepreneurs: Uzma Butt
Rawalpindi: /DNA/ – The Rawalpindi Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RWCCI) and Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aiming to provide a platform to improve their networking and excel in the field of entrepreneurship. President ICCI Shakeel Munir and President RWCCI Uzma Shahid signed and exchanged MOU documents at a ceremony held at chamber house Islamabad. Chairperson NBWC and Group leader RWCCI Ms.Hina Mansab Khan, Senior Vice President ICCI Jamshaid Akhtar, Vice President ICCI Muhammad Faheem khan, ,Ex Pesident ICCI Zubair Malik,Read More
FEBR for awareness drive before imposing fixed tax on traders
ISLAMABAD, JUL 30 /DNA/ – The Friends of Economic & Business Reforms (FEBR), while appreciating the new fixed tax regime for small traders, announced recently by the federal government, has called for massive awareness campaign among the business community before its implementation, as traders have been expressing various concerns in this regard. FEBR President and LCCI former vice president Kashif Anwar observed that it is the fact that the fixed tax regime has several positive features and it was also imposed on the recommendation of traders but there are alsoRead More
Hungarian gov’t restricts access to fuel price caps
DNA BUDAPEST, JUL 30: Hungarian government decided to restrict access to fuel price caps and release a quarter of the national strategic fuel reserve to guarantee the security of supply, the head of the Prime Minister’s officer Gergely Gulyas said here on Saturday at an extraordinary press conference. The new restriction comes into effect Saturday at noon. “At the suggestion of MOL (Hungary’s largest oil company), the government decided to keep the guaranteed price of 480 forints (1.21 U.S. dollars) exclusively for privately owned vehicles, taxis and agricultural machinery,” GulyasRead More