ISLAMABAD, FEB 19 (DNA) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Pakistan to end subsidies for the upper class and increase tax collection from high earners. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stated that Pakistan does not require debt restructuring, but rather strong measures to ensure the country’s stability. Georgieva emphasized two key steps for Pakistan to take. The first step is to increase tax revenue, with both the public and private sectors expected to pay more taxes, particularly those who earn more. The second step is to provide subsidiesRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 19: /DNA/ – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) responded to the second letter by President Arif Alvi on Sunday saying it could not enter into consultations with him over provincial assembly elections as the matter was in court. It may be noted that President Alvi on Friday had invited Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja for an ‘urgent meeting’ on February 20 for consultations on the dates for the polls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Punjab. The meeting was scheduled to take place at Aiwan-e-Sadr in accordanceRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 19: Federal Human Rights Minister Riaz Pirzada has claimed that former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed wanted to bring the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) back to the country. Pakistan has of late seen an uptick in terrorist activities, with an attack on the Karachi police chief’s office on Friday night being the latest incident. The hours-long combat between terrorists and law-enforcement agencies, at the office located at Sharea Faisal, left four people martyred and 18 injured while all three terrorists were reportedRead More

DNA Rawalpindi: A two-day International Education Summit 2023 organized by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) will be held from March 4 to 5 at a local hotel in Rawalpindi. President RCCI Saqib Rafiq said that the Education policy has not been formulated keeping in mind the demand of the industry in Pakistan. Be it development in any field in the world, be it knowledge economy or science-based development, be it traditional business development or IT sector development, education is fundamental in all these systems and development. ItRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 19: /DNA/ – Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) leading a delegation, met with Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari, Deputy Inspector General Operations of Islamabad Police and discussed issues of mutual interest with him. He commended the Islamabad Police for bringing the criminals of the recent incident with a woman in F-9 Park to justice as it will create a better sense of security in women and they will be able to go to markets and parks with confidence. He said that it is necessaryRead More

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has excused itself from holding consultations with President Arif Alvi on elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the time being, saying that the matter was already under judicial consideration. On Friday, President Alvi summoned the election commissioner for an “urgent meeting” on February 20 (Monday) to hold consultation on the date of the poll, lambasting him over ECP’s “poignant approach” regarding the general elections date. However, after finding fault with the president’s “choice of words” in the letter, ECP has now saidRead More